| EDICT
OF MARCUS AGRIPPA AND AUGUSTUS CONCERNING THE RELIGIOUS POLICY ( 27 BC ) |
( H. W. Pleket, The Greek Inscriptions in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden..., Leiden, 1958, n. 57 ). |
| “Imperator,
Caesar, son of a god, Augustus, [for the seventh time], and Marcus
Agrippa, the son of Lucius, consuls : [have ordered] : [If]
there are any public or sacred places in the cities [or in the surrounding
area] of each city of the province and if there are now and will be
in the future any [sacred objects] in these places, let [no one] take
them away, or buy them, or accept them as a gift from [anybody]. Whatever
has been taken from these places and has been bought or accepted as
a gift, let [the governor] of the province see to it that these objects
are restored to the [public or] sacred [places] of the city and let
him not administer justice [concerning those objects which will be
returned immediately].”
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