Dedication of an image of Augustus
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: 8 BCE
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Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα θεῶ υἱὸν τετρακαιδεκάκις Αὐτοκράτορα Ἑρμῖ Ἡρακλῖ [...]

Translation

[Emperor Caesar], son of a divinity, for the fourt[eenth time acclaimed] Imperator, [so-and-so dedicated his statue] to Hermes and Herakles [ . . ..

Commentary

Augustus in 8 BCE For Tiberius' victory over the Sygambri see Dio LV.6 (at Perseus). Since the acclamation appears to be the only title given the monument was perhaps erected to celebrate the victory.

The dedicators to these gods are likely to have been ephebes.