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Africa under the Gordians 221
life showed themselves by his utter contempt for the monu-
mental buildings of the great Empire. Whatever may have
been his real name, we only know him as Caius Julius Verus
Maximinus ; and his son, whom he created Caesar simultaneously
with his assumption of the purple, bears the same name as the
father. A few inscriptions in North Africa designate Maxi-
minus Imperator Ccesar Julius Verus Maximinus Pius Felix
Augustus, and his son Maximinus as Caius Julius Verus
Maximus Nobilissimus Ccesar. The most complete and legible
record of their joint names may be read on a milliary column
near the entrance to an old mosque in Tunis, bearing the date
A.D. 237.1
IMP ■ CAES • 1 C • IVLIVS
[VERVS- MAXIMINVS-PIVS
FELIX • AVG • GERM ■ MAX ■ SAR
MAT • MAX • DACICVS ■ PONT
MAX • TRIB • POTEST • III • IMP • VI
L • IVLIVS • VERVS • MAXIMUS • NOj
BILISSIMVS CAES-jPRINCEPS
IWENTVTIS • GERM ■ MAX ■ SAR
MAT • MAX • DACICVS ■ MAX
VIAM • A • CARTHAGINE • VS
QVE • AD • FINES ■ NVMIDIAE
PROVINCIAE • LONGA • INCVRIA
CORRVPTAM • AD QVE ■ DILAP
SAM • RESTITVERVNT
LXX
In this inscription the names of both these Caesars
are erased in the usual way by marginal lines. Somewhat
similar ones of the same year may be seen on two milliary
columns in the neighbourhood of Agbia, one on the road to
Thubursicum, and the other to Musti. All of them seem to
indicate that Maximinus was engaged in repairing the principal
highways in Africa, in order to facilitate military operations for
a revolt in the spring of the following year. One other inscrip-
tion worth noting was found at Gales in the proconsular province
of Africa, and is a dedication to Maximinus only et divince
domus ejus. This had been erased by Gordian I., but was
afterwards restored.
Three years' rule under such an Emperor, who remained a
1 C.I.L. No. 10047. Vide Guerin, vol. i. p. 27.
life showed themselves by his utter contempt for the monu-
mental buildings of the great Empire. Whatever may have
been his real name, we only know him as Caius Julius Verus
Maximinus ; and his son, whom he created Caesar simultaneously
with his assumption of the purple, bears the same name as the
father. A few inscriptions in North Africa designate Maxi-
minus Imperator Ccesar Julius Verus Maximinus Pius Felix
Augustus, and his son Maximinus as Caius Julius Verus
Maximus Nobilissimus Ccesar. The most complete and legible
record of their joint names may be read on a milliary column
near the entrance to an old mosque in Tunis, bearing the date
A.D. 237.1
IMP ■ CAES • 1 C • IVLIVS
[VERVS- MAXIMINVS-PIVS
FELIX • AVG • GERM ■ MAX ■ SAR
MAT • MAX • DACICVS ■ PONT
MAX • TRIB • POTEST • III • IMP • VI
L • IVLIVS • VERVS • MAXIMUS • NOj
BILISSIMVS CAES-jPRINCEPS
IWENTVTIS • GERM ■ MAX ■ SAR
MAT • MAX • DACICVS ■ MAX
VIAM • A • CARTHAGINE • VS
QVE • AD • FINES ■ NVMIDIAE
PROVINCIAE • LONGA • INCVRIA
CORRVPTAM • AD QVE ■ DILAP
SAM • RESTITVERVNT
LXX
In this inscription the names of both these Caesars
are erased in the usual way by marginal lines. Somewhat
similar ones of the same year may be seen on two milliary
columns in the neighbourhood of Agbia, one on the road to
Thubursicum, and the other to Musti. All of them seem to
indicate that Maximinus was engaged in repairing the principal
highways in Africa, in order to facilitate military operations for
a revolt in the spring of the following year. One other inscrip-
tion worth noting was found at Gales in the proconsular province
of Africa, and is a dedication to Maximinus only et divince
domus ejus. This had been erased by Gordian I., but was
afterwards restored.
Three years' rule under such an Emperor, who remained a
1 C.I.L. No. 10047. Vide Guerin, vol. i. p. 27.