Lepcis Magna: Texts
Lepcis Magna: Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (r.193-211).
Literary texts
- The foundation of Lepcis (Sallust, History of the Jugurthine War 78)
- The Philaeni (Sallust, History of the Jugurthine War 79)
- War between Oea and Lepcis (Tacitus, Histories, 4.50)
- Transsaharan Expeditions (Ptolemy, Geography, 1.4.6)
- The Tsunami of 365 (Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History, 26.10)
- Libyan raids(Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History, 28.6)
Inscriptions
IRT:
J.M. Reynolds & J.B. Ward Perkins, Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania (1952 London)
IRT 273 | Dedication to the Di Augusti |
IRT 275 | Museum, dedication "to the gods of Lepcis Magna" |
IRT 282 | Severan Forum, dedication "to the genius of Lepcis" |
IRT 295 | Old Forum, dedication to Liber Pater |
IRT 299 | Street near Theater, dedication to Eshnum |
IRT 300 | Old Forum, dedication to Vespasian |
IRT 301 | Dedication to Cornelius Cossus Lentulus |
IRT 308* | Cardo, dedication to Augusta Salutaris |
IRT 315 | Museum, dedication to Venus |
IRT 316 | Dedication to Antoninus Pius |
IRT 318* | Theater, dedication to Domitian |
IRT 319* | Dedication of the Macellum by Annobal Tapapius Rufus |
IRT 321* | Theater, Annobal Rufus |
IRT 322* | Theater, Annobal Rufus |
IRT 323* | Theater, Annobal Rufus |
IRT 330, 331* | Arch of Tiberius |
IRT 335 | Temple of Augustus, dedication to Drusus the Younger |
IRT 338 | Dedication of a portico by Gaius, son of Anno |
IRT 342 | Near Byzantine Gate, a dedication to Vespasian |
IRT 346 | Extremely long inscription |
IRT 353* | Arch of Trajan |
IRT 357 | Dedication of an aqueduct |
IRT 358 | Dedication of a water basin in the theater |
IRT 359 | Dedication of a fountain near the theater |
IRT 361 * | Hadrianic Baths, foundation inscription |
IRT 376* | Theater, dedication to Antoninus Pius |
IRT 381* | Cardo, dedication to Lucius Verus |
IRT 390 | Old Forum, dedication to Septimius Severus |
IRT 391* | Theater, dedication to Septimius Severus |
IRT 392* | Theater, dedication to Septimius Severus |
IRT 393* | Hadrianic Baths, dedication to Septimius Severus |
IRT 396* | Hadrianic Baths, restoration |
IRT 403* | Theater, dedication to Julia Domna |
IRT 405* | Theater, dedication to Julia Domna |
IRT 412 | Dedication to Septimius Severus, grandfather of the emperor |
IRT 419 | Old Forum, dedication to Caracalla |
IRT 422* | Theater, dedication to Caracalla |
IRT 428* | Main inscription Severan Basilica |
IRT 434* | Theater, dedication to Geta (erasure) |
IRT 456 | Severan Forum, dedication to Gallienus |
IRT 468* | Macellum, repairs by Constantine I the Great |
IRT 471 | Severan Forum, dedication to Constantius II |
IRT 472 | Severan Forum, dedication to Valentinian and Valens |
IRT 478 | Severan Forum, dedication to Arcadius |
IRT 479 | Severan Forum, dedication to Honorius |
IRT 481 | Bilingual dedication by Caecilius Diodorus |
IRT 521 | Theater, tribunal |
IRT 522 | Severan Forum, honors to a man named Claudius |
IRT 531* | Dedication to Gavius Macer |
IRT 534* | Theater, stage structures |
IRT 541 | Dedication to Publius Septimius Geta |
IRT 543 | Repairs to the Basilica Ulpia |
IRT 590* | Macellum, names of two aediles |
IRT 599* | Hadrianic Baths, dedication to Iuttaph Domitius, suffete |
IRT 601 | Curia |
IRT 603* | Macellum, dedication to Porfyrius |
IRT 605 | Old Forum, dedication to Augustus |
IRT 607* | Plaza, dedication to Polla |
IRT 628* | Macellum, damnatio memoriae |
IRT 641 | Old Forum, dedication to Flavia Pia |
IRT 707 | Dedication temple Apollo |
IRT 718* | Hadrianic Baths, damaged text |
IRT 739* | Cardo, dedication to Scipio |
IRT 930* | Cardo, milestone |
IRT s4 | Museum, dedication to Neptune |
AE 1967, 536 | Arch of Marcus Aurelius |
AE 1968, 549* | Amphitheater |