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Roman Africa
former reads thus,1 and may be assigned to the reign of Alex-
ander Severus:
P • IVLIO IVNIANO MARTIALINO C • V • COS • LEG • AVG ■
PR • PR • PROVINCIAE
NVMIDIAE PROCOS PROVINCIAE MACEDONIAE PRAEF
AERARI MI
LITARIS CVRATORI VIAE CLODIAE PRAETORIAE TRIBVNO
PLEBEI
QVAESTORI PROVINCIAE ASIAE PATRONO COLONIAE ET
MVNI
CIPI RESPVBLICA COLONIAE THAMVGADENSIVM DE
CRETO DECVRIONVM
The only exception worth noting may be seen on an in-
scription on a stone slab found on the east side of the forum at
Thamugas.'2 It is a dedication to a Roman of high distinction,
who had served his country in many capacities, the exception
appearing on the eighth line, where the words pro frcetore
exercitus provincice Africa occur. The inscription is supposed
to be of the time of Hadrian.
A • LARCIO - A • FILIO ■ QVIRINA ■ PRISCO ■ VI ■ VIR ■ EQVITUM
ROMANOR • X • VIR ■ STLITIB ■ IVDICAND • QVAESTOR
PROVINCIAE • ASIAE ■ LEG ■ AVG ■ LEG III I SCYTHICAE
PED ■ LEG • CONSVLARE • PROVINCIAE • SYRIAE • TRIE ■ PLEB
PRAETORI • PRAEF ■ FRVMENTI ■ DANDI -EX • S • C • LEG ' PRO
VINCIAE • BAETICAE ■ HISPANIAE ■ PROCOS • PROVIN
CIAE GALLIAE ■ NARBON ■ LEG ■ AVG ■ LEG II AVG • L_EG
AVG • PR • PR • EXERCITVS ■ PROVINCIAE ■ AFRIC ■ VII ■ VIR
EPLONVM ■ COS • DESIG ■ PATRONO ■ COL • D • D • P • P
The Roman castrum, and its diminutive the castellum, or
fortified post, played an important part in the subjugation of
Africa by the Romans. The castrum, of which so notable an
example exists at Lambessa to the present day, was formed in
accordance with the traditional rules which had prevailed from
an early period. Polybius,3 the earliest and perhaps the only
1 C.I.L. No. 2392. Descrip. Wilmanns, also De la Mare and Renier. Vide
I.R.A. No. 1505.
* C.I.L. No. 17891. Dessau and Cagnat. Vide Poulle, Rec. de Const, xxii.
p. 355. Pallu de Lessert, Les Fastes de la Numidie, 1S88, p. 60.
" Polybius, the Greek historian, was a native of Megalopolis in Peloponnesus,
and served his country during the war in Macedonia, which became a Roman province
B.C. 148. He was taken to Rome as a prisoner of war, but his high attainments
and amiable disposition gained him the friendship of Scipio and other distinguished
former reads thus,1 and may be assigned to the reign of Alex-
ander Severus:
P • IVLIO IVNIANO MARTIALINO C • V • COS • LEG • AVG ■
PR • PR • PROVINCIAE
NVMIDIAE PROCOS PROVINCIAE MACEDONIAE PRAEF
AERARI MI
LITARIS CVRATORI VIAE CLODIAE PRAETORIAE TRIBVNO
PLEBEI
QVAESTORI PROVINCIAE ASIAE PATRONO COLONIAE ET
MVNI
CIPI RESPVBLICA COLONIAE THAMVGADENSIVM DE
CRETO DECVRIONVM
The only exception worth noting may be seen on an in-
scription on a stone slab found on the east side of the forum at
Thamugas.'2 It is a dedication to a Roman of high distinction,
who had served his country in many capacities, the exception
appearing on the eighth line, where the words pro frcetore
exercitus provincice Africa occur. The inscription is supposed
to be of the time of Hadrian.
A • LARCIO - A • FILIO ■ QVIRINA ■ PRISCO ■ VI ■ VIR ■ EQVITUM
ROMANOR • X • VIR ■ STLITIB ■ IVDICAND • QVAESTOR
PROVINCIAE • ASIAE ■ LEG ■ AVG ■ LEG III I SCYTHICAE
PED ■ LEG • CONSVLARE • PROVINCIAE • SYRIAE • TRIE ■ PLEB
PRAETORI • PRAEF ■ FRVMENTI ■ DANDI -EX • S • C • LEG ' PRO
VINCIAE • BAETICAE ■ HISPANIAE ■ PROCOS • PROVIN
CIAE GALLIAE ■ NARBON ■ LEG ■ AVG ■ LEG II AVG • L_EG
AVG • PR • PR • EXERCITVS ■ PROVINCIAE ■ AFRIC ■ VII ■ VIR
EPLONVM ■ COS • DESIG ■ PATRONO ■ COL • D • D • P • P
The Roman castrum, and its diminutive the castellum, or
fortified post, played an important part in the subjugation of
Africa by the Romans. The castrum, of which so notable an
example exists at Lambessa to the present day, was formed in
accordance with the traditional rules which had prevailed from
an early period. Polybius,3 the earliest and perhaps the only
1 C.I.L. No. 2392. Descrip. Wilmanns, also De la Mare and Renier. Vide
I.R.A. No. 1505.
* C.I.L. No. 17891. Dessau and Cagnat. Vide Poulle, Rec. de Const, xxii.
p. 355. Pallu de Lessert, Les Fastes de la Numidie, 1S88, p. 60.
" Polybius, the Greek historian, was a native of Megalopolis in Peloponnesus,
and served his country during the war in Macedonia, which became a Roman province
B.C. 148. He was taken to Rome as a prisoner of war, but his high attainments
and amiable disposition gained him the friendship of Scipio and other distinguished