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Africa under Marcus Aurelius
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have been associated with the Empress in attempts at usurpa-
tion. But he tells us that on her death the Senate was ordered
t° set up two statues of silver within the temple of Venus in
^■°rne, one in honour of Marcus Aurelius and the other of
Faustina. And as a further mark of honour to the memory of
t^at princess it was ordained that, whenever the Emperor went
t° the theatre, the golden statue of Faustina was to be set up
ln the place where she had been wont to sit when alive, and
that the ladies of the court should reverence the effigy as though
't were the living princess. As marks of personal honour, Mar-
Cus Aurelius erected a column in the village of Hallala at the
f°ot of Mount Taurus, where Faustina died, and augmented by
a large subsidy the endowment of a charitable institution,
f°Unded in honour of her mother, and known as the puellce
^austiniance.
The name of the mother of Marcus Aurelius does not
aPpear on any slab or stone or marble yet discovered in North
Africa, but it is recorded on a piece of broken pottery brought
0 light at Hadrumetum (Susa).1 It is inscribed in full,
■bomitia Lucilla.
Of the family of the Emperor and his wife Faustina we have
scant record, but two memorials of their daughter, Vibia
.^Urelia, were found at Kalama, and may be seen in the museum
ln the modern town of Guelma. One of them is here given.2
VIBIAE AV
RELIAE DI
VI M F DIVI
SEVERI SOR
SABINAE
PATRONAE
MVNICIPII
DECVRIO . .
, With the close of this reign terminates one of the leading
apters in Roman history, marking an era in the development
or North Africa. The old order of things was passing away,
^n<3 unconsciously the seeds of decline were being imperceptibly
°Wn. The great Latin families, tracing their descent far back
1 C.I.L. No. 10475.
2 C.I.L. No. 5328. Ann. de Const. 1854-55, p. 163.
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193
have been associated with the Empress in attempts at usurpa-
tion. But he tells us that on her death the Senate was ordered
t° set up two statues of silver within the temple of Venus in
^■°rne, one in honour of Marcus Aurelius and the other of
Faustina. And as a further mark of honour to the memory of
t^at princess it was ordained that, whenever the Emperor went
t° the theatre, the golden statue of Faustina was to be set up
ln the place where she had been wont to sit when alive, and
that the ladies of the court should reverence the effigy as though
't were the living princess. As marks of personal honour, Mar-
Cus Aurelius erected a column in the village of Hallala at the
f°ot of Mount Taurus, where Faustina died, and augmented by
a large subsidy the endowment of a charitable institution,
f°Unded in honour of her mother, and known as the puellce
^austiniance.
The name of the mother of Marcus Aurelius does not
aPpear on any slab or stone or marble yet discovered in North
Africa, but it is recorded on a piece of broken pottery brought
0 light at Hadrumetum (Susa).1 It is inscribed in full,
■bomitia Lucilla.
Of the family of the Emperor and his wife Faustina we have
scant record, but two memorials of their daughter, Vibia
.^Urelia, were found at Kalama, and may be seen in the museum
ln the modern town of Guelma. One of them is here given.2
VIBIAE AV
RELIAE DI
VI M F DIVI
SEVERI SOR
SABINAE
PATRONAE
MVNICIPII
DECVRIO . .
, With the close of this reign terminates one of the leading
apters in Roman history, marking an era in the development
or North Africa. The old order of things was passing away,
^n<3 unconsciously the seeds of decline were being imperceptibly
°Wn. The great Latin families, tracing their descent far back
1 C.I.L. No. 10475.
2 C.I.L. No. 5328. Ann. de Const. 1854-55, p. 163.
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