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Lepcis Magna, Inscriptions

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).IRT 316 (EDCS-06000313) Pro salu- te Imp(eratoris) An- tonini Aug(usti) Pii libero- rumq(ue) eius Veneri C(h)alc{h}idicae Cupidinis statuam C(aius) Cl(audius) Septimi- us [A]fer d(onum) d(edit) d(edicavit) p(osuit) For the health of…

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Lepcis Magna: Photos

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). …

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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,…

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Leuci

Leuci (Greek Λευκοί): tribe in Gallia Belgica, inhabitants of the Roman cities Tullum, Nasium, and Andesina.The land The Meuse near Domrémy-la-Pucelle The land…

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Libius Severus

Libius Severus: emperor of the West-Roman empire (r. 461-465).Names: year of birth and full name unknown 19 November 461: recognized as emperor after 25 September 465: murdered by Ricimer? Successor of: Majorian Relatives: "History has scarcely deigned to notice his birth, his elevation, his character,…

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Licinius

Licinius: emperor of the Roman world (r. 308-324). Licinius Names: c.265; real name unknown 11 November 308: Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius Augustus…

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Lictor

Lictor: bodyguard in ancient Rome, whose task it was to protect magistrates. A Roman magistrate and two lictors carrying fasces The word…

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Limes

Limes: frontier zone of the Roman Empire. Schwabsberg, tower (old reconstruction) The Latin word limes originally was an expression used by land…

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Limes Tripolitanus

Limes Tripolitanus: frontier zone (limes) of the Roman empire in the west of what is now called Libya. It is interesting because it was not a just a defense line, but is also an example of human intervention in the…

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Limmu

Limmu: Assyrian official, whose name was given to a year. Tablet with limmu-names One of the most important events in the ancient…

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Limmu List (Middle Bronze Age)

Limmu List: list of Assyrian officials who gave their names to a given year. Two parts survive, one dealing with the reigns of Erišum I until Išme-Dagan I (twentieth until eighteenth century BCE) and one dealing with the years 858-699 BCE. …

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