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 the later Emperors 275

imperfect inscription recording the names of three Augusti, the
third being that of Magnentius.1

CONSTANTINO
CONSTANTIO
A MAGNENTI
INVICTIS SEMPER
AVGVSTIS

But there is little doubt that the name of Constans had been
Ct*ased, and that of his murderer substituted. Tipasa was one
°f the strongholds' of Christianity in the time of Constantine the
Great, and continued to be so, if one may judge from the large
nUmber of Christian memorials that may still be studied on the
sPot. There are other inscriptions bearing the name of this
^an Magnentius as Augustus, but they shed no light on the
history or progress of North Africa.

By the death of his two brothers Constantius II. became sole
^mperor, ruling for ten years without distinction. An inscrip-
tion at Lambsesis implies that he was brought into the world
*°r the benefit of mankind,2 and another at Csesarea refers to
constantine as Restitutor libertatis ac triumphator orbis.

BONO GENERIS
HVMANI PROGE
NITO D N FLAV
10 CONSTAN
TIO NOB AC
FLORENTIS
SIMO CAES
ORDO COL
LAMB FECIT

Bev ond these and other similar dedications there is nothingf
0 indicate any marked activity in the African provinces during
ls reign. Indeed, it may be said that there is no monumental
edifice existing in North Africa, whether a triumphal arch or a
^ork of public utility, associated with the names of these three
s°ns of Constantine the Great, nor is there any evidence of
^aterial progress during the twenty-three years of joint and
*eParate rule.

Pe Tipasa, par M. Stephanus Gsell, Algiers, 1894, p. 106. This work
a,ns an interesting account of the remains of Tipasa, and is fully illustrated.
No. 2720, copied by De la Mare and Renier.

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