Letter of Severus Alexander to Aphrodisias
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source date: 224 C.E.
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Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ θεοῦ Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς ἔκγονος θεοῦ Ἀντωνείνου Εὐσεβοῦς μεγίστου υἱός Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσεβὴς Εὐτυχὴς Σεβαστός ἀρχιερεὺς μέγιστος δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας τὸ γ ὕπατος πατὴρ πατρίδος Ἀφροδεισιέων τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ τῷ δήμῳ χαίρειν Τὸ μὲν παρελέσθαι τι τῶν ὑπαρξάντων τῇ πόλει δικαίων ἀλλότριόν ἐστι τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀρχῇ τῇ ἐμῇ περὶ πάντας κηδεμονίας τὸ δὲ κατὰ ταὐτὰ γενέσθαι τὴν περὶ τῆς παρούσης ἀξιώσεως [...]εεε[...] λόγον ἔχει τὸν προσήκοντα ἀκροάσεται δὴ ὑμῶν ἴσον καὶ κοινὸν ἑαυτὸν καθιστὰς κριτήν ἐπρέσβευεν [...] εὐτυχεῖτε

Imperator Caesar M. Aure[lius Severus [Alexan]der, Pius, Felix, Augustus, [son] of divus Antoninus, Pius, Maximus, grandson of divus Severus, Pius, Pontifex Maximus, holding the tribunician power for the third time, consul, [father] of his country, [to the Magistrates] and People of the Aphrodisians, greetings.

To take away anything from the rights belonging to the city is foreign to the guardianship [extended to all in my] reign, but to bring under the same principle the [.. ? ..] in the matter of the present petition [.. ? ..] has the appropriate ?reputation (?value); he will listen, [offering] himself as your fair [?judge] and open to all. [.. ? .. was ambassador. Farewell].

[...] 67.454, 67.457, 67.459 and unnumbered items.

[...] 19 whence [...] 32.1097 , [...] 1983.380 ; [...] 1984.873 , [...] 56 ,; [...] 8.99.