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Roman Africa

P • SITTIO ■ M • F • QVIR
PLOCAMIAN

ORDO Publio Sittio, Marci filio, Quirina

ICOSITANOR tribu, Plocamiano, or do Icositanorum,

M • SITTIVS ■ P • F ■ QVR Marcus Sittius, Publii filius, Quirina
CAECILIANVS tribit, Ccecilianus pro filio pieittissimo

PRO • FILIO honore recepto impensam remisit.

PIENTISSIMO
H • R • I • R

The short rule of Titus, which was conspicuous for propriety
and restraint, was followed by the persistent cruelty of his
brother Domitian, who brought to a disgraceful end the reign of
the twelve Caesars.

It has been already observed that there is a dearth of inscrip-
tions in North Africa relating to the earlier emperors. Most of
those which have been discovered are so fractured as to be
scarcely legible, but mention may be made of a slab found at Ain
Khenchla, the ancient Mascula, on which is recorded a simple
dedication to the Emperor Augustus by the Roman colonists
and the natives of that city.1

DIVO AVGVSTO
SACRVM
CONVENTVS
CIVIVM ROMANOR
ET NVMIDARVM QVI
MASCVIAE HABITANT

Another inscription of about the same date was found near
the ruins of the supposed city of Zama, and is of special interest
as a memorial of the celebrated Empress Livia, who exercised her
powers of fascination over Augustus, and ultimately became his
third wife.2 As Livia died A.D. 29 at the advanced age of eighty-
six, it is probable that the dedication is of that year.

IVNONI ■ LI VIAE • AVGVSTI ' SACRVM
L • PASSIENO • RVFO • IMPERATORE

AFRICAM............OBTINENTE

CN • CORNELIVS • CN ■ F • COR ■ RVFVS
ET • MARIA • C • F • GALLA ■ CN
CONSERVATI
VOTA • L • M • SOLVONT

1 C. I. L. No. 15775.
8 C. I. L. No. 16456. The proconsul L. Passienus Rufus was honoured with a
triumph on account of his successful rule, and the title of Imperator.