Mile V: Milestone of Trajan
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: CE 100
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

Bibliography

Imperator Caesar diui Nervae filius, Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, tribunicia potestate IIII, consul III pater patriae uiam fecit per tirones lectos in prouincia Cyrenensi

Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ, θεοῦ Νέρβα υἱός, Νέρβα Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός, ἀρχιερεὺς μέγιστος, [...]

[Latin]: Emperor Caesar, son of deified Nerva, Nerva Trajan, Augustus, victor in Germania, Chief Priest, holding tribunician power for the fourth time, consul for the third time, father of the country, made the road using recruits raised in the province of Cyrenaica.

[Greek]: Emperor Caesar, [son of ] deified Nerva,[ Nerva Trajan], Augustus, [victor in Germania], Chief [Priest . . .

Commentary

For texts recording Trajan's work on the roads see, for the Cyrene to Apollonia Road, C.609, M.222, M.224, and, a later text, M.227; for the Cyrene to Ptolemais road see M.196 and M.200.