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EPISTULA
VALERIANI ET GALLIENI AD APHRODISIENSES
Letter of Valerian and Gallien to the Aphrodisians
( AD 257 ) |
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( J.
Reynolds in Ch. Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity..., London,
2004, n. 1 ).
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vac. Ἀγαθῇ star [ Τύχῃ vac.] | Αὐτοκράτωρ
Καῖσ[αρ Πούβλιος] | Λικίννιος Οὐαλ[ηριανὸς Εὐσεβὴς ] | vac.
Εὐτυχὴς [ Σεβαστὸς ?vac. καὶ] | Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖ[σαρ Πούβλιος]
| Λικίννιος Γα[λλιῆνος ?vac.] | Εὐσεβὴς Ε[ὐτυχὴς Σεβαστὸς ]
| v. Φλαουίῳ [... c. 9 ... χαίρειν
] | καὶ αὐτοὺς τ[οὺς ... c. 16 ...με]-|θα χρῆναι
τ[... c. 22 ...]-|αις stop
ταῖς [... c. 24 ...]-|ρύνειν
[... c. 25 ...] | καὶ
τὸ οτ[... c. 25 ...] | ἐστιν
τ[... c. 25 ...] | δελυμ[... c. 26 ...]
| πᾶσιν [... c. 25 ...ἐ]-|πειδὴ
[... c. 20 ...Ἀφροδι]-|σιεῖς υ[... c. 25 ...]
| νων[... c. 28 ...] | καὶ [... c. 28 ...]
| ρασ[... c. 28 ...] | λου[... c. 28 ...]`|
τ[... c. 30 ...] | [...]
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[...]
| [... c. 4 ...]φεξοι[... c. 22 ...]
| [... c. 3 ...]ς αὐτοῖς επισ[... c. 28 ...]
| [..]είαν ἐξηγουμεν[... c. 16 ...] | πάλαι
δέδοκται κα[... c. 15 ...] | vac. scroll
ἔρρωσο [ scroll ] vac. | πρὸ θ´ καλ(άνδων)
Σεπτεμβρίων ἐ[ν Ἀγρι]ππείνῃ
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English translation ( Inscriptions
of Aphrodisias Project ).
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With
good [fortune]. Imperator Caes[ar Publius] Licinius Val[erianus Pius]
Felix [Augustus and] Imperator Cae[sar Publius]
Licinius Ga[llienus] Pius F[elix Augustus] to Flavius
[...], [greetings]. We [?think that] the [?Aphrodisians] themselves
too ought [to ...] and to the [...] is [...] to all [...] since
[... ?the Aphrodi]sians [...] and [...] |
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[...]
to them a le[?tter ...] ?explaining [...] it was decided in the
past [...]. Farewell. Given on 23rd August in Cologne. |
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► Bibliography
Reynolds
in Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity : The Late Roman
and Byzantine Inscriptions, 2nd ed., London, 2004, n. 1.
► Source : White marble panel excavated at Aphrodisias, Turkey, in 1982.
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