Graham, Alexander: Roman Africa: an outline of the history of the Roman occupation of North Africa ; based chiefly upon inscriptions and monumental remains in that country (London [u.a.], 1902)

Africa under Marcus Aurelius 191

reign of Alexander Severus as to the boundaries of this property,
and we learn from the wording of the inscription that Axius
./Elianus, the steward of the estate, engaged the services of
Caelius Martialis, a land measurer, to make a survey of the pro-
perty and define the boundaries. The words rationis privates
seem to indicate that the steward had his own reasons for
ascertaining the exact area of the property committed to his
charge, but this is conjectural, and the dedication to the Emperor
by the inhabitants of Kasturrensis was a fitting conclusion to
the whole matter.

D • M

IMP C M AV
RELIO SEVERO ALE
XANDRO PIO FELICE
AVG TERMINAC . .
GRORVM DEFE. . .
CIONIS MATIDIAE A .
SIGNATVR COLO . .
NIS KASTVRRE . . .
IVSSV VE AXI AEL .
ANI PROC AVG . . .
PER CAE MARTIA .
AGRIMES.....

Another inscription realating to a saltus was discovered by
Pellissier at a place now called Henchir-el-Hammam, near the
western frontier of Tunisia.1 The name Saltus Massipianus
has been preserved on the frieze of a ruined triumphal arch,
and if we may judge from the use still made of the hot and
cold springs by native Arabs, we may reasonably assume that
this spot was resorted to in Roman times as a thermal esta-
blishment. The wording of the inscription, deciphered by
Pellissier, is sufficiently clear, being a dedication to Caracalla
by the inhabitants on the estate, on the occasion of a reinstate-
ment of several public buildings that had become dilapidated.

PRO • SALVTE • IMP ■ CAES ■ M ■ AVRELI ■ ANTONINI • LI
BERORVMQ ■ EIVS ■ COLONI ■ SALTVS • MASSIPIANI

AEDIFICIA VETVSTATE
CONLAPSA • S • P • R ■ ITEM ARCVVS ' DVOS • A • S • F

IVBENTE PROVIN
CIALE • AVG • LIB ■ PROC ' EODEMQVE ■ DEDICANTE

1 Pellissier, Description de la Tunisie, p. 294. Guerin, vol. i. p. 344.

Domino nostro Imperatori Ccesare
M. Aurelio Severo Alexandro
Pio Felice Augusto terminationes
agrorum definitionis Matidice ad-
signantur colonis Kasturrensibus
jussu viri egregii Axi sEliani
procuratoris Angus ti rationis
privates per Ccelium Martialem
agrimesorem.