Honours for Claudius II Gothicus
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source date: CE 268-270
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Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖϲαρ Μᾶρκοϲ Αὐρήλιοϲ Κλαύδιοϲ Ϲεβαϲτόϲ ὅπλοιϲ ἀναϲτίλαϲ τὴν πολυχρόνιον Μαρμαριτῶν θραϲύτητα Κλαυδιόπολιν ἐπώνυμον ἑαυτοῦ ἐκ νέαϲ ἱδρύϲατο, ἡγουμένου τὸν πόλεμον καὶ κτίζοντοϲ Πρόβου τοῦ διαϲημοτάτου ἐπάρχου Αἰγύπτου

Apparatus

[^a1: at 5: διατακτου (?) Αἰγύπ[του] | διασημοτ(άτου) ἐπάρχ(ου) Αἰγύπ(του)]

Translations

L'Imperatore Cesare Marco Aurelio Claudio Augusto, con le armi dopo aver stroncato l'annosa dei Marmaridai (beduina) oltracotanza, Claudiopoli, sua eponima di nuovo (sana pianta) costrui, dirigendo le operazioni militari e provvedendo all costruzione dell'abitato Probo, l'illustrissimo Prefetto d'Egitto.

Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Augustus, having removed, with arms, the longlasting savagery of the Marmaritae, founded Claudiopolis as new, called after himself; Probus, the excellent prefect of Egypt, conducted the war and undertook the foundation.

Commentary

Line 1: Claudius II Gothicus, emperor 268 - 270; PLRE I, Claudius 11

Line 3: This is the only certain evidence for third century raiding of Cyrenaica.

Line 4: This must refer to a refoundation and renaming of Cyrene itself. The new name was presumably very short-lived, but it is possible that it is this event that lies behind the description of Cyrene as a colony in the Peutinger Table: see online edition

Line 5: Tenagino Probus, praefectus Aegypti; PLRE I, Probus 8.