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Roman Africa
Gildon, finding his cause was lost, made away with himself a
the coast town of Tabarca. Africa then had peace for twenty-
five years, and during that long interval reaped the benefits
arising from undisturbed interchange of commercial products.
The lull preceded the storm. The semi-barbarous nations o
the North, Goths, Vandals, and Huns, were preparing for a
trial of strength with the masters of the world, and lay waiting
on the frontiers of Southern Europe ready to swoop dow
upon Rome and the sunny lands of Italy and Spain ; and then
gathering into their ranks irregular troops in their onwar
march, to cross the seas to spread havoc and desolation amon
the peace-loving citizens of Roman Africa. So inert a rule
as Honorius, thoughtful only of his own personal safety an
regardless of the gathering clouds on the political horizon, ha
little place in the records of the country. One inscription only
at Altava in Mauritania Caesariensis, a simple complimentar
memorial by a citizen of that town, bears his name. Althoug
imperfect and not very easy to decipher, Wilmanns has succeede
in shaping the letters into legible form.1
PRO SALVTE CIVI
TAT IS ALTAVAE
ET IN CO LVMI TATE
AVG HONORIO FECER
CREP VICTORIVS VE (?)
RVS ET CIVES ALTAV (?)
The names of the joint Emperors appear in only on
inscription yet discovered in North Africa, but they are re
corded on a slab found in Rome in the form of a congratulator
dedication to the two brothers for the suppression of a revol
in Africa. No explanation of this inscription has been given
by expert epigraphists, but it is sufficiently noteworthy to find
a place here.'2
IMPERATORIBYS INVICTISSIMIS FELICISSIMISOVE
DD . NN • ARCADIO ET HONORIO FRATRIBVS
SENATVS POPVLVSOVE ROMANVS VINDICATA REBELLION
ET AFRICAE RESTITVTIONE LAETVS
1 C.J.L. No. 9834. WJmanns.
5 Orelii, Inscript. Lat Coll. No. 1132. Gruter, 287, 3. This dedication wa
probably A.D. 398, when Gildon the Moor was defeated in a pitched battle near
Theveste and the insurrection brought to a close.
Roman Africa
Gildon, finding his cause was lost, made away with himself a
the coast town of Tabarca. Africa then had peace for twenty-
five years, and during that long interval reaped the benefits
arising from undisturbed interchange of commercial products.
The lull preceded the storm. The semi-barbarous nations o
the North, Goths, Vandals, and Huns, were preparing for a
trial of strength with the masters of the world, and lay waiting
on the frontiers of Southern Europe ready to swoop dow
upon Rome and the sunny lands of Italy and Spain ; and then
gathering into their ranks irregular troops in their onwar
march, to cross the seas to spread havoc and desolation amon
the peace-loving citizens of Roman Africa. So inert a rule
as Honorius, thoughtful only of his own personal safety an
regardless of the gathering clouds on the political horizon, ha
little place in the records of the country. One inscription only
at Altava in Mauritania Caesariensis, a simple complimentar
memorial by a citizen of that town, bears his name. Althoug
imperfect and not very easy to decipher, Wilmanns has succeede
in shaping the letters into legible form.1
PRO SALVTE CIVI
TAT IS ALTAVAE
ET IN CO LVMI TATE
AVG HONORIO FECER
CREP VICTORIVS VE (?)
RVS ET CIVES ALTAV (?)
The names of the joint Emperors appear in only on
inscription yet discovered in North Africa, but they are re
corded on a slab found in Rome in the form of a congratulator
dedication to the two brothers for the suppression of a revol
in Africa. No explanation of this inscription has been given
by expert epigraphists, but it is sufficiently noteworthy to find
a place here.'2
IMPERATORIBYS INVICTISSIMIS FELICISSIMISOVE
DD . NN • ARCADIO ET HONORIO FRATRIBVS
SENATVS POPVLVSOVE ROMANVS VINDICATA REBELLION
ET AFRICAE RESTITVTIONE LAETVS
1 C.J.L. No. 9834. WJmanns.
5 Orelii, Inscript. Lat Coll. No. 1132. Gruter, 287, 3. This dedication wa
probably A.D. 398, when Gildon the Moor was defeated in a pitched battle near
Theveste and the insurrection brought to a close.