IGII2 3406 Altar of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

Altar of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

IG II² 3406 Date: ca. 162 AD

To Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Emperor Lucius Verus, brother-lovers

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IG II² 3406 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (emperor)

Findspot: Athens, Church of Hagia Agathokleia (Lost)

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[1] This inscription is probably an altar for the co-emperors and (adoptive) brothers, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. It was probably erected in connection with Lucius Verus' visit to Athens in 162 AD on his way to lead the Roman forces in his war against Parthia (161-166 AD). For their epithet ‘brother-loving’ (philadelphoi) and for other altars dedicated to the pair, see Agora XVIII 315 with notes. The inscription was last seen some time before 1835 by K.S. Pittakis at Hagia Agathokleia, a church which once stood on Odos Ermou near the Athenian Agora (Pittakis, L’ancienne Athènes, 1835, 132; on the church, see A. Mommsen, Athenae Christianae, 1868, 103 no. 123).

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