Dedication to the Genius of Legio IIII Flavia Felix from Viminacium

Monument InscSerbia3
Editor
Miroslava Mirković
Type of monument
altar
Material
marble
Findspot
Smederevo
Observed in
Big Gunpowder Warehouse, Belgrade fortress
Origin
Viminacium
Dimensions
height 160 cm., width 68 cm., length 48 cm.
Institution and inventory
Hand description
Letter size
height 4.5-6 cm.
Layout description
Inscription field
height cm., width cm.
Decoration
Audio
Text
Category of inscription
honorary inscription for emperors and Roman officials - prose
Date
AD 286–305
Dating criteria
reign
Images
copy_r_1 copy_r_2
txt

Рrose la
Genio c(astrorum)?
leg(ionis) IIII Fl(aviae) [ F(elicis) et]
d(ominorum) n(ostrorum duorum) Dioc[let]-
iani ⟦et Maxi-
5miani⟧ Aug(ustorum duorum)
[A]urel(ius) Maximi[a]-
[n]us ex praef(ecto)
leg(ionis) eiusdem
votum posu[it]

GENIO.
LEGIIIIF.[........ ..]
DNDIOC[...]
IANI⟦ETMAXI
5MIANI⟧AVG
[.]VRELMAXIMI[.]
[.]VSEXPRAEF
LEGEIVSDEM
VOTVMPOSV[..]
txt
To the Genius of the camp of the Fourth Flavian Legion, the Fortunate and of our two lords Diocletian and [[Maximian]] the two Augusti,
Aurelius Maximianus, former prefect of the same legion, fulfilled his vow.
Genio castrorum legionis IIII Flaviae Felicis et dominorum nostrorum duorum Dioclet iani et Maxi miani Augustorum duorum Aurelius Maximia nus ex praefecto legionis eiusdem votum posuit

tag: ab
⤦ n: 1

tag: lb
Genio

type: divine
tag: persName
castrorum

lemma: castrum
tag: w
⤦ n: 2

tag: lb
legionis IIII Flaviae Felicis

tag: orgName
legionis

lemma: legio
tag: w
IIII

value: 4
tag: num
Flaviae

tag: expan
Fl

tag: abbr
F

tag: #text
l

tag: unclear
aviae

tag: ex
Felicis

reason: lost
tag: supplied
Felicis

tag: expan
F

tag: abbr
elicis

tag: ex
et

reason: lost
tag: supplied
⤦ n: 3

tag: lb
dominorum

lemma: dominus
tag: w
nostrorum duorum

tag: expan
n

tag: abbr
ostrorum duorum

tag: ex
Dioclet iani

type: emperor
tag: persName
Dioc

tag: #text
let

reason: lost
tag: supplied
⤦ n: 4

break: no
tag: lb
iani

tag: #text
et

rend: erasure
tag: del
Maxi miani

type: emperor
tag: persName
Augustorum duorum

tag: expan
Aug

tag: abbr
ustorum duorum

tag: ex
⤦ n: 6

tag: lb
Aurelius Maximia nus

type: official
nymRef: Aurelius Maximianus
tag: persName
Aurelius

nymRef: Aurelius
tag: name
Maximia nus

nymRef: Maximianus
tag: name
Maximi

tag: #text
a

reason: lost
tag: supplied
⤦ n: 7

break: no
tag: lb
n

reason: lost
tag: supplied
us

tag: #text
ex

tag: w
praefecto

lemma: praefectus
tag: w
⤦ n: 8

tag: lb
legionis

tag: orgName
eiusdem

tag: w
⤦ n: 9

tag: lb
votum

lemma: votum
tag: w
posuit

lemma: pono
tag: w
posu

tag: #text
it

reason: lost
tag: supplied
Apparatus
Letters in ligature:

1 )

Readings

1 )

Commentary

The emperor’s name was erased from the stone. This practice of erasing memory from stone is called damnatio memoriae.

Bibliography

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 03, 001646

Inscriptions de la Mésie supérieure 2, 009

HD035698

TM 193260

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