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Africa under the later Emperors 291
The single inscription in Africa bearing the joint names was
found on a pedestal at Nebeul, a small Arab town on the coast,
not far from Hammamet in Africa Provincia, constructed with
the materials of the old Roman town of Neapolis. There are
no records of this ruined settlement, which appears to have
been in existence long before the Roman occupation, and to
have established in primitive times a reputation for its pottery.
Fragments of earthenware, red, yellow, and green, turned up by
the plough from year to year, give a colouring to the landscape,
and the enduring glazes used by these old-world potters flash
in the sunlight and illuminate the surface in all directions. It
is gratifying to know that the industry which prospered more
than two thousand years ago is still the staple manufacture
of the modern town. The date of the inscription is A.D. 400-
401, and the rendering by Wilmanns is as follows :1
SALVIS DD NN
ARCADIO ET HONORIO
INCLYTIS SEMPER AVGG
ADMINISTRANTE DM
CABINIO BARBARO
POMPEIANO VC PROC
P ■ A • V • S • I • COELIVS TITIANVS
VH • EX • T • ET • NAV ■ EX • MVN
ET EXCVRATORE R■P
CVM COELIO RES
TITVTO VH FILIO SVO
SVMPTV PROPRIO
INSTANT IA SVA
DEDICAVIT
ADMINISTRANTE
PVBLIANO • V • H • F ■ P • CVRAT • R • P
Sa/vis dominis nostris Arcadio et Honorio inclytis semper August's,
administrante divino mandatu (?) Gabinio Barbaro Pompeiano viro claris-
simo proconsuli provincice Africa: vice sacra judicante. Ccelius Titianus vir
honestus ex transvecturario et naviculario, ex viunerario, et ex curatore
reipublica:, cum Ccelio Restitute, viro honesto, fdio suo sumptu proprio in-
stantia sua dedicavit, administrante Publiano, viro honesto, flamine per-
petuo, curatore reipublica7.
The chief point of interest in this lengthy inscription will
be found in the fifth and sixth lines, recording the name of
G. Barbarus Pompeianus, the governor of Africa, A.D. 400-401.
1 C.l.L. No. 969. Vicle Guerin, vol. ii. p. 249.
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The single inscription in Africa bearing the joint names was
found on a pedestal at Nebeul, a small Arab town on the coast,
not far from Hammamet in Africa Provincia, constructed with
the materials of the old Roman town of Neapolis. There are
no records of this ruined settlement, which appears to have
been in existence long before the Roman occupation, and to
have established in primitive times a reputation for its pottery.
Fragments of earthenware, red, yellow, and green, turned up by
the plough from year to year, give a colouring to the landscape,
and the enduring glazes used by these old-world potters flash
in the sunlight and illuminate the surface in all directions. It
is gratifying to know that the industry which prospered more
than two thousand years ago is still the staple manufacture
of the modern town. The date of the inscription is A.D. 400-
401, and the rendering by Wilmanns is as follows :1
SALVIS DD NN
ARCADIO ET HONORIO
INCLYTIS SEMPER AVGG
ADMINISTRANTE DM
CABINIO BARBARO
POMPEIANO VC PROC
P ■ A • V • S • I • COELIVS TITIANVS
VH • EX • T • ET • NAV ■ EX • MVN
ET EXCVRATORE R■P
CVM COELIO RES
TITVTO VH FILIO SVO
SVMPTV PROPRIO
INSTANT IA SVA
DEDICAVIT
ADMINISTRANTE
PVBLIANO • V • H • F ■ P • CVRAT • R • P
Sa/vis dominis nostris Arcadio et Honorio inclytis semper August's,
administrante divino mandatu (?) Gabinio Barbaro Pompeiano viro claris-
simo proconsuli provincice Africa: vice sacra judicante. Ccelius Titianus vir
honestus ex transvecturario et naviculario, ex viunerario, et ex curatore
reipublica:, cum Ccelio Restitute, viro honesto, fdio suo sumptu proprio in-
stantia sua dedicavit, administrante Publiano, viro honesto, flamine per-
petuo, curatore reipublica7.
The chief point of interest in this lengthy inscription will
be found in the fifth and sixth lines, recording the name of
G. Barbarus Pompeianus, the governor of Africa, A.D. 400-401.
1 C.l.L. No. 969. Vicle Guerin, vol. ii. p. 249.
U 2