Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

6.3000. Edict of Maximum Prices: Preamble

Description: White marble panels

Text: Inscribed on the face of the panels: Bay 1, Lower Register and (lines 46 ff) Dado

Letters: 0.025-0.03

Date: 301 CE (internal date)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Basilica and West Portico

Original location: Basilica façade, Bay I

Last recorded location: Museum and findspot

Interpretive

Edict, Preamble
[B(onae)] F(ortunae)
Ịṃp̣ẹṛ[ator Caesar C(aius) Val(erius) Diocletian]us pius felix Aug(ustus) pont(ifex) m(aximus) Germ(anicus) m(aximus) VI Sarm(aticus) m(aximus) III<I> P-
[ers(icus) m(aximus)] [II Britt(annicus) m(aximus) Carp(icus) m(aximus) Ar(a)m(enicus)(?) m(aximus) Med(icus) m(aximus) Adiab(enicus) m(aximus) t]ṛịḅ(unicia) pot(estate) VX cons(ul) VII p(ater) p(atriae) proc(on)s(ul) et
[Imperator Caesar M(arcus) Aur(elius) Val(erius) Maximianus p(ius)] f(elix) Aug(ustus) pont(ifex) m(aximus) Germ(anicus) m(aximus) V Sarm(aticus) m(aximus) III Pers(icus) m(aximus) II
5[Britt(annicus) m(aximus) Carp(icus) m(aximus) Ar]ab(icus) m(aximus) Med(icus) m(aximus) A[diab](enicus) [m(aximus) trib(unicia) pot(estate)] VX cons(ul) VI p(ater) p(atriae) proc(on)s(ul) et
[Flabius Valerius] C̣ọṇṣṭạṇṭị[us et Gal(erius) Val(erius) Maxim]ianus Germ(anici) m(aximi) Perss(ici) Britt(annici) C̣C̣(ar)pp(ici) Ar{a}m(enici) m(aximi) Medd(ici)
[Adiabb(enici) cons(ule)s] no[b]b(ilissimi) Caesar[es dicunt]
( vac. 2 lines)
[Fortunam r]ei pub[lic]ae nostr[ae cui iuxta immort]ales deos uellorum memoria quae felici-
[ter gessimus] gra[tula]ri [li]c[et tranquillo orbi]s sta[t]u et in gremio altissimae quietis loca-
10[to etiam pacis] ḅọṇ[is propter quam sudore la]rgo lab[o]ratum est disponi fideliter adque
[ornari decente]ṛ ḥọ[nestum publi]cum [et Roma]na dig[nitas] maiestasque desiderant ut nos
[qui benigno fa]bior[e numinum] aestu[antes de] praeteri[to rapi]nas gentium barbararum ipsa-
[rum nationum] clade [compres]simus [in aetern]um fund[atam quiet]em debitis iustitiae muni-
[mentis saepi]am[us etenim si ea quibus null]o sibi f̣[ine propo]sito ardet auaritia de-
15[saeuiens quae sine respectu ge]ṇ[eris hu]mani ṇọ[n annis m]odo uel mensibus
[aut diebus sed p]aene horis [ipsis]que [mo]mentis ạ[d incremen]ṭạ sui et augmenta fae-
[stinat aliqua] c̣ọṇṭịṇẹṇṭ[iae r]atio [fr]enaret [vel si for]tun[ae] communes ae-
[quo animo perp]eti possent h[a]ṇ[c deb]acch[a]ndi licen[tiam qua pessime i]ṇ dies eiusmo-
[di sorte laceran]tur dissimul[andi fo]rsitan adque ṛ[eticendi re]ict[us locus] uideretur
20 [cum detestand]am inmani[t]atem [condi]cionemque mis[erandam] co[mmunis anim]orum pa-
[tientia temperaret], sed q̣ụị[a una est cupi]do furores indomi[ti nu]llum [co]mmu[nis nece]ssitu-
[dinis habere dilec]tum et [gliscentis aurait]iae [a]c [ra]pidi[s aestuan]tis [ard]orib[us uelut] quae-
[dam religio apud i]mprob[os et inmodestos existimatur in] la[cera]ndi[s f]ortuni[s omnium] ne-
[cessitate potius q]uam u[oluntate destitui atque ultra coniue]re non possunt q[u]os [ad s]ens[um] mi-
25 [serrima]e con[dicionis e]ges[tatis extrema traxerunt conueni]t prospicientibu[s] nob[i]s qui [parentes]
[sumus gen]eris humani a[rbitram] reb[us interuenire iustiti]am ut quod speratum diu human-
[itas ipsa praestare no]n potuit ad co[mmun]e ọṃ[nium temperamentu]m rem[ediis] prouisionis nostra[e]
[comferatur. et hui]us qu[i]dem cau[sae q]uantum [communis om]nium [consc]ie[nt]ia recognos-
[co et ipsarum rer]um fi[des] cla[mat pae]ne ser[a prospectio est] dum [hac] spe consilia moli-
30[or aut remedia in]uent[a c]ohi[bemus ut] quod ex[pectandum] fuit per [iu]ra naturae in grauis-
[simus deprehensa] de[lictis i]p[sa se em]endar[et humanitas] lon[ge m]elius existimantes non
[ferendae direptionis notas a commun]ibus iu[diciis ip̣s]orum sensu adque arbitro submoueri
[quos cottidie in peior]ạ [praecipites et in p]ublicu[m nefas q]uadam animorum caecit<at>e uergentes
[inimicos singuli]s et [universis reos atro]cis[simae in]humanitatis grauis noxa dediderat.
35[ ad remedia igitur ia]m ḍ[iu rerum necessitate de]siderata prorumpimus et securi quidem que-
[rellarum ne ut intempestiuo aut superfluo] medell<a>e nostrae interuentus uel apud inprobos
[leuior aut uilior aestimaretur qui tot annoru]m reticentiam nostram praeceptricem modesti-
[ae sentientes sequi tamen noluerunt. quis enim a]ḍẹọ obtumsi pectoris et a sensu humanitati[s]
[extorris est qui ignorare possit immo non sense]rit in uenalibus rebus quae uel in mercim[o-]
40[niis aguntur uel diurna urbium conuersatione tr]actantur in tantam se licentiam diffu[sisse]
[pretiorum ut effrenata libido rapiendi nec rerum co]pia nec annorum ubertati[bus] mitigaretur
[ut plane eiusmodi homines quos haec officia exercitos haben]t dubium non sit se[nper p]endere animis
[etiam de siderum motibus auras ipsas tempestates]que captare neque iniquitate sua perpeti pos-
[se ad spem frugum futurarum inundari superis imb]ribus arua f[elicia ut qui detrimentum s]ui
45[ existiment caeli ipsius temperamentis abunda]ntiam rebus pro[uenire et quibus sem]per
[studium est in quaestum trahere etiam beneficia diuina ac publicae felicitatis affluentiam stringere rursusque anni sterilitate de
messis iactibus adque institorum officiis nundinari, qui singuli maximis diuitiis diffluentes, quae etiam populos adfatim
explere potuissent, consectentur peculia et laceratrices centesimas persequantur, eorum auaritiae modum statui, prouinciales nostri,
communis humanitatis ratio persuadet. sed iam ipsas causas, quarum necessitas tandem prouidere diu prolatam patientiam conpulit,
50 explicare debemus, ut, quamuis difficile sit toto orbe auaritiam saeuientem speciali argumento uel facto reuelari, iustior]
[tamen intellegatur remedii constitutio cum intemperatissimi hom]ines men[tium sua]rum indo[mitas cupidines designatione quadam]
[et notis cogentur agnoscere. quis ergo nesciat utilitatibus] publici in[sidiatri]cem audaci[am quacumque exercitus nostros dirigi]
[communis omnium salus postulat non per uicos modo aut per oppida sed in omni itinere animo] sect[ioni]s oc[currere],
[pretia uenalium rerum non quadruplo aut octuplo, sed ita extorquere, ut nomina aestimationis
55 et facti explicare humanae linguae ratio non possit, denique interdum distractione unius rei donatiuo
militem stipendioque priuari et omnem totius orbis ad sustinendos exercitus collationem detestandis
quaestibus diripientium cedere, ut manu propria spem militiae suae et emeritos labores milites nostri
sectoribus omnium comferre uideantur, quo depraedatores ipsas rei publicae tantum in dies rapiant
quantum habere nesciant ---]

Diplomatic

Edict, Preamble
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.....[........................]USPIUSFELIXAUGPONTMGERMMVISARMMIIIP
[.....][.............................]...POTVXCONSVIIPPPROCSET
[.................................]FAUGPONTMGERMMVSARMMIIIPERSMII
5[.............]ABMMEDMA[.....][.......]VXCONSVIPPPROCSET
[...............].........[...............]IANUSGERMMPERSSBRITT..PPARAMMMEDD
[...........]NO[.]BCAESAR[........]
     vacat
[.........]EIPUB[...]AENOSTR[................]ALESDEOSUELLORUMMEMORIAQUAEFELICI
[...........]GRA[....]RI[..]C[................]SSTA[.]UETINGREMIOALTISSIMAEQUIETISLOCA
10[............]...[.....................]RGOLAB[.]RATUMESTDISPONIFIDELITERADQUE
[.............]...[...........]CUM[......]NADIG[.....]MAIESTASQUEDESIDERANTUTNOS
[............]BIOR[........]AESTU[.......]PRAETERI[......]NASGENTIUMBARBARARUMIPSA
[...........]CLADE[.......]SIMUS[........]UMFUND[.........]EMDEBITISIUSTITIAEMUNI
[...........]AM[......................]OSIBI.[........]SITOARDETAUARITIADE
15[..........................].[......]MANI..[.......]ODOUELMENSIBUS
[.............]AENEHORIS[.....]QUE[..]MENTIS.[.........]..SUIETAUGMENTAFAE
[............].........[....]ATIO[..]ENARET[........]TUN[..]COMMUNESAE
[............]ETIPOSSENTH[.].[....]ACCH[.]NDILICEN[...............].DIESEIUSMO
[..............]TURDISSIMUL[......]RSITANADQUE.[..........]ICT[.......]UIDERETUR
20[............]AMINMANI[.]ATEM[.....]CIONEMQUEMIS[.......]CO[..........]ORUMPA
[.................]SED...[...........]DOFURORESINDOMI[....]LLUM[..]MMU[.......]SSITU
[................]TUMET[................]IAE[.]C[..]PIDI[........]TIS[...]ORIB[.......]QUAE
[...............]MPROB[...........................]LA[....]NDI[..]ORTUNI[.......]NE
[................]UAMU[................................]RENONPOSSUNTQ[.]OS[...]ENS[..]MI
25[.......]ECON[.........]GES[............................]TPROSPICIENTIBU[.]NOB[.]SQUI[........]
[........]ERISHUMANIA[.......]REB[....................]AMUTQUODSPERATUMDIUHUMAN
[...................]NPOTUITADCO[....]E..[................]MREM[.....]PROUISIONISNOSTRA[.]
[................]USQU[.]DEMCAU[....]UANTUM[..........]NIUM[.....]IE[..]IARECOGNOS
[..............]UMFI[...]CLA[......]NESER[..............]DUM[...]SPECONSILIAMOLI
30[..............]UENT[..]OHI[.......]QUODEX[.........]FUITPER[..]RANATURAEINGRAUIS
[...............]DE[.......]P[......]ENDAR[...........]LON[...]ELIUSEXISTIMANTESNON
[...............................]IBUSIU[.........]ORUMSENSUADQUEARBITROSUBMOUERI
[...................].[................]UBLICU[.......]UADAMANIMORUMCAECITEUERGENTES
[...............]SET[.................]CIS[.......]HUMANITATISGRAUISNOXADEDIDERAT
35[.................]M.[....................]SIDERATAPRORUMPIMUSETSECURIQUIDEMQUE
[....................................]MEDELLENOSTRAEINTERUENTUSUELAPUDINPROBOS
[.......................................]MRETICENTIAMNOSTRAMPRAECEPTRICEMMODESTI
[.........................................]...OBTUMSIPECTORISETASENSUHUMANITATI[.]
[........................................]RITINUENALIBUSREBUSQUAEUELINMERCIM[.-]
40[.........................................]ACTANTURINTANTAMSELICENTIAMDIFFU[.....]
[............................................]PIANECANNORUMUBERTATI[...]MITIGARETUR
[...................................................]TDUBIUMNONSITSE[.....]ENDEREANIMIS
[..........................................]QUECAPTARENEQUEINIQUITATESUAPERPETIPOS
[.........................................]RIBUSARUAF[.......................]UI
45[........................................]NTIAMREBUSPRO[.................]PER
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[.........................................................]INESMEN[.......]RUMINDO[................................]
[....................................................]PUBLICIIN[........]CEMAUDACI[.................................]
[...........................................................................]SECT[....]SOC[.......]
[..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................---]

Commentary

FURTHER IMAGE, 2018

Bibliography

Recorded: Kubitschek, June 1893 K.III.25; New York University expedition 66.549, 70.267, 70.268, 70.279, 70.282, 70.284, 70.285, 70.290, 70.305, 70.309, 70.318, 70.319, 70.333, 70.335, 70.336, 70.337, 70.339, 70.340, 70.341, 70.342, 70.344, 70.346, 70.347, 70.348, 70.350, 70.351, 70.352, 70.353, 70.354, 70.355, 70.356, 70.357, 70.365, 70.366, 70.369, 70.370, 70.374, 70.403, 70.404, 71.101, 84.073, 1989 xx, 2018.019.

Publication: CIL 2209.IV (from Kubitschek), lines 54-63 ; Erim and Reynolds, 1970 ; Erim and Reynolds, 1973 ; Reynolds, 1989 231, whence PHI Aphrodisias 77; Crawford, 2023 Chapter 3.

Images

Fig. 1. Lines 1-43 (Mossman Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 2. Line 2 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 3. Lines 4-6 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 4. Lines 5-7 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 5. Lines 5-9 (Joyce Reynolds, 1969)

Fig. 6. Lines 10-13 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 7. Lines 10-14 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 8. Lines 9-22 (Mossman Roueché, 1990)

Fig. 9. Lines 21-25 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 10. Lines 16-21 (Joyce Reynolds, 1969)

Fig. 11. Lines 18-22 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 12. Lines 24-26 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 13. Lines 24-27 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 14. Lines 24-30 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 15. Lines 25-31 (Joyce Reynolds, 1969)

Fig. 16. Lines 26-29 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 17. Lines 26-30 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 18. Lines 28-34 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 19. Lines 31-33 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 20. Lines 33-35 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 21. Lines 43-45 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 22. Lines 41-45 (Mossman Roueché, 1989)

Fig. 23. Lines 51-52 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 24. Lines 51-52 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 25. Lines 54-63 (Kubitschek notebook III, 25)

Fig. 26. Lines 59-62 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)


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