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)

of his defeat of Albinus and the undisputed assumption of
imperial power.

IVLIAE DOMNAE
AVGVSTAE

IVLIAE • AVG MATRI CASTRO

PIAE • FELICI RVM
MATRI •AVGVS IMP •CAES •E • SEPTI

TI • ET CASTRO MI ■ SEVERI ■ PII ■ PER

RVM • ET • SENA TINACIS ■ AVG ■ ARA

TVS • ET • PATRIAE BICI 1 ADIABENICI

SENIORES • KAST PART ■ MAX - TRIE

POS • ET • DEDIC POT ■ VI ■ IMP ■ XI • COS

II • PROCOS • P • P • PACIS
PVBL • RESTITVTORIS ■ D ■ D

As an example of a fine inscription of the time, mention
should be made of one discovered on a magnificent slab of stone
in the temple of ^Esculapius at Lambsesis, being a dedication to
the Emperor Severus and his family by thirty-six co?'nicines of
the third Augustan legion, all the names being given in full.
The interpretation by Renier is as follows : 1

Pro felicitate et incolumitate sceculi dominorum nostrorum Augustoriim
trium, Lucii Septimii Severi Pii Pcrtinacis Augusti, et. Marci Aurelii
Antofiini Augusti, et Lucii Septimii Getcz Ca• saris Augusti, et Ju lice
Augusta matris Augustorum duorum et castrorum, et Fulvice PlautillcB
Angus tee, Autoni7ii Augusti -nostri conjugis. Cornicines legionis tertice
Ausrustce Pice Vindicis.

The names of the Emperor, his two sons and his wife are
followed, it will be observed, by that of Plautilla, the unfortunate
wife of Caracalla. So numerous are inscriptions bearing the
name of Julia Domna that its omission in imperial dedications
is exceptional. The few relating to the Emperor alone are con-
spicuous for their length, and for the long array of ancestors
whom Severus pompously associated with himself in the line of
Caesars, as far back as a fourth generation. Throughout his reign
he never seems to have forgotten that he was an African : and
we are told by Spartianus that, though the Emperor was greeds
litteris eruditissimus, he spoke with a native accent till the later
years of his life. His regard for his countrymen is shown in the
arrangements of his magnificent palace in Rome, a part of which
called the Septizonium was distinguished for its grandeur and is

C.I.L. No. 2557 ; I.R.A. No. 70. Renier and De la Mare.