SEG 18.73 Altar of [the God Augustus]

Altar of [the God Augustus]

SEG 18.73 Date: 27 BC - 14 AD

(Altar) of [Emperor Caesar], son [of the God, the God Augustus].^[1] uninscribed space

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SEG 18.73 (Translated text) (PHI)

Benjamin and Raubitschek, Arae Augusti 1

Schmalz 119

Agora XVIII 275

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (Public, emperor)

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I 4123)

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[1] Textual note: The restoration "the God Augustus" here and in Agora XVIII 280 has been questioned (G. Kantor, Classical Review 60, 2010, 500-502), but certainly occurs in IG II² 3235, 3237, 3251, and I Délos 1591.

This fragment derives from an altar for the emperor Augustus (r. 31 BC – AD 14). At least eighteen of these altars are attested at Athens. The others are SEG 18.78-18.80e, IG II² 3230, 3235, 3237, IG II³ 4, 11, Agora XVIII 276-280, 310, and perhaps Agora XVIII 281-282, and 311. Some of these were later augmented or repurposed to honour other emperors (SEG 18.80d-18.80e, IG II² 3230). On these altars, see Benjamin and Raubitschek, Hesperia 28, 1959, 65-83; M. Kantiréa, Les dieux et les dieux augustes, 2007, 43-44. On Augustus and Athens, see SEG 29.168 with notes.

Added: 24 Jul 2026
Updated: 24 Jul 2026
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