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Roman Africa
of youth, an amiable disposition, and an honoured name, he
soon endeared himself to his subjects in all parts of the Empire.
For a time the Praetorians were quiet, waiting their opportunity
to test the military capacity and moral courage of the youthful
Caesar. Scarcely had Gordian been seated on the throne when
insurrection broke out in Africa. But the Emperor was equal
to the occasion. The military qualities he had exhibited in
early days, aided by the loyalty of his supporters, nipped the
rebellion in the bud, and peace and prosperity blossomed once
more under his amiable rule. Numerous inscriptions in North
Africa, bearing his honoured name, during this brief period,
attest a well-merited popularity. In nearly all parts of the
Empire dedications were made expressing satisfaction and con-
tentment, many of them referring to acts of munificence and to
encouragement given to the arts of peace in Rome as well as in
the provinces. In North Africa the titles of the Emperor vary
considerably. At Verecunda, for insta-nce, there is a dedication
in which he is styled Gordiani nepoti et divi Gordiani sororis
filio} At Lambaesis we find that the soldiers of Julia Caesarea
were not unmindful of their Emperor ;2 and on the road between
Mostaganem and Mascara a milliarium was found on which the
full titles are briefly given.3 The date will be A.D. 239.
But the most interesting inscriptions are those bearing the
name of his wife Sabinia Tranquillina conjointly with his own,
IMP • CAES • M
ANTONIO GORDI
DOMINO
ANO PIO FELICI IN
IMP • CAES • M
ANTONIO •GOR
DINO • INVIC
TO • PIO • FELICI
AVG • PONT ■ MAXI
MO • TRIB • POT • BIS
P • P • COS • PRO • CON
SVLI • NEPOTI • DI
VORVM • GORDIA
NORVM ' M • P
VICTO AVG VEXIL
LATIO MILITVM
MAVRORVM
CAESARIENS
IVM GORDIA
NORVM DEVO
TORVM NVM
INI MAIEST
ATIQVE
EIVS
1 I.R.A. No. 1431. 2 I.R.A. No. 99, copied by Renier and De la Mare.
2 C.I.L. No. 10460. Rec. de Const. 1875, p. 438.
Roman Africa
of youth, an amiable disposition, and an honoured name, he
soon endeared himself to his subjects in all parts of the Empire.
For a time the Praetorians were quiet, waiting their opportunity
to test the military capacity and moral courage of the youthful
Caesar. Scarcely had Gordian been seated on the throne when
insurrection broke out in Africa. But the Emperor was equal
to the occasion. The military qualities he had exhibited in
early days, aided by the loyalty of his supporters, nipped the
rebellion in the bud, and peace and prosperity blossomed once
more under his amiable rule. Numerous inscriptions in North
Africa, bearing his honoured name, during this brief period,
attest a well-merited popularity. In nearly all parts of the
Empire dedications were made expressing satisfaction and con-
tentment, many of them referring to acts of munificence and to
encouragement given to the arts of peace in Rome as well as in
the provinces. In North Africa the titles of the Emperor vary
considerably. At Verecunda, for insta-nce, there is a dedication
in which he is styled Gordiani nepoti et divi Gordiani sororis
filio} At Lambaesis we find that the soldiers of Julia Caesarea
were not unmindful of their Emperor ;2 and on the road between
Mostaganem and Mascara a milliarium was found on which the
full titles are briefly given.3 The date will be A.D. 239.
But the most interesting inscriptions are those bearing the
name of his wife Sabinia Tranquillina conjointly with his own,
IMP • CAES • M
ANTONIO GORDI
DOMINO
ANO PIO FELICI IN
IMP • CAES • M
ANTONIO •GOR
DINO • INVIC
TO • PIO • FELICI
AVG • PONT ■ MAXI
MO • TRIB • POT • BIS
P • P • COS • PRO • CON
SVLI • NEPOTI • DI
VORVM • GORDIA
NORVM ' M • P
VICTO AVG VEXIL
LATIO MILITVM
MAVRORVM
CAESARIENS
IVM GORDIA
NORVM DEVO
TORVM NVM
INI MAIEST
ATIQVE
EIVS
1 I.R.A. No. 1431. 2 I.R.A. No. 99, copied by Renier and De la Mare.
2 C.I.L. No. 10460. Rec. de Const. 1875, p. 438.