Vigiles - The inscriptions of the Augusteum

The inscriptions of the Augusteum

Below is a list of the marble bases linked to the Augusteum. Measurements are omitted, because those provided by the various authors are incomplete, confusing and contain errors. Traces of red in the letters might be a primer for gilding.

[n]ERVAE [trai]AN[o avg]
[g]ERMA[n]ICO [daci]CO
[p]ONTIF[ ma]X T[rib] P[ote]ST[ xi]
IM[p vi COS v p p]
COH[ortes vii vig]ILV[m]

Dedication to Traianus found below the mosaic. Zevi 1970, fig. 21.
The fragment bottom left had already been found by Vaglieri in 1912.
Possibly it was also found below the mosaic, where Zevi saw earlier activity.

[--- IM]P(eratori) C[A]ESAR[I --- CO]S III
[--- DIVI TRAIANI PAR]T[HICI F(ilio) ---]
[---] PO[N]T(ifi) MAX(imo) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) [---]
[--- COH]ORT[ES] VII [VIGILVM]

Dedication to Hadrianus found below the mosaic. Zevi 1970, fig. 22.

M(arco) AVRELIO CAESARI
IMP(eratoris) CAESARIS T(iti) AELI HADRIANI
ANTONINI AVGVSTI PII FILIO
DIVI HADRIANI NEPOTI DIVI TRAIANI
PRONEPOTI DIVI NERVAE ABNEP(oti) CO(n)S(uli)
OPTIMO AC PIISSIMO

CIL XIV Suppl., 4366; EDR106280; NSc 1889, 74.
First base on the podium, dedication to Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. Date: 140 AD or 145 AD.
Traces of red in the letters. Found fallen on the floor of the room.
Photo: Klaus Heese.

IMP(eratori) CAESARI
DIVI ANTONINI FILIO
DIVI HADRIANI NEPOTI
DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI PRONEP(oti)
DIVI NERVAE ABNEPOTI
M(arco) AVRELIO ANTONINO AVG(usto)
PONT(ifici) MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) XVI CO(n)S(uli) III
COHORTES VII VIG(ilum)

CIL XIV Suppl., 4368; EDR106282; NSc 1889, 74.
Second base on the podium, dedication to Marcus Aurelius as Emperor. Date: 162 AD.
On the left side a vessel, on the right side a patera.
Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114b.

IMP(eratori) L(ucio) SEPTIMIO SE
VERO PERTINACI
CAESARI AVG(usto)
PONT(ifici) MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) II
IMP(eratori) V CO(n)S(uli) II PROCO(n)S(uli) P(atri) P(atriae)
COHORTES VII VIG(ilum)
[[Fulvio Plautiano]] PRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) CASSIO
LIGVRE TRIBVNO PRAEPOSITO VEXILLATIONIS

CIL XIV Suppl., 4380; EDR074723; NSc 1889, 75.
Third base on the podium, dedication to Septimius Severus. Date: 194-195 AD.
Reinscribed. On the left side a vessel, on the right side a patera.
At the end of line 4, III was changed in II.
Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114c.

Top left: the top of the second (background) and third base.
Photo: Laird 2018, fig. 2.8.

Top right: the top of the second (background), third and fourth base.
Photo: Deltenre 2005.

Right: the top of the first (background) and second base.
Photo: Deltenre 2005.

IMP(eratori) CAESARI
DIVI ANTONINI FILIO DIVI HA
DRIANI NEP(oti) DIVI TRAIANI PAR
THICI PRONEP(oti) DIVI NERVAE ABN(epoti)
L. AVRELIO VERO AVG(usto) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) II
CO(n)S(uli) II
COHORTES VII VIG(ilum)

CIL XIV Suppl., 4376; EDR106368; NSc 1889, 75.
Fourth base on the podium, dedication to Lucius Verus. Date: 162 AD.
Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114d.

IMP(eratori) CAESARI DIVI
HADRIANI F(ilio) DIVI TRAIANI
PARTHICI NEP(oti) DIVI NERVAE
PRONEP(oti) T. AELIO HADRIANO
ANTONINO AVG(usto) PIO TRIB(unicia) POT(estate)
CO(n)S(uli) DES(ignato) II

CIL XIV Suppl., 4357; EDR106271; NSc 1889, 75.
Fifth base on the podium, dedication to Antoninus Pius. Date: 138 AD.
Found on top of the little staircase at the right end of the bench.
Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114e.

CIL XIV Suppl., 4356; EDR106270; NSc 1889, 76.
Base to the right of the podium, dedication to Lucius Aelius Caesar.
Date: 137 AD. Travertine. Traces of red (minium) in the letters.
Photos: EDH.
L(ucio) AELIO CAESARI
IMP(eratoris) TRAIANI HA
DRIANI AVG(usti) PONT(ificis)
MAX(imi) TRIB(unicia) POTEST(ate)
XXI IMP(eratoris) II CO(n)S(ulis) III P(atris) P(atriae)
FILIO DIVI TRAIANI
PARTHIC(i) N(epoti) DIVI NER
VAE PRON(epoti) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate)
CO(n)S(uli) II

IMP(eratori) CAES(ari) M(arco) A[ur]ELIO
ANTONINO PIO AVG(usto)
BRIT(annico) MAX(imo) PONT(ifici) MAX(imo)
P(atri) P(atriae) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) XIIII IMP(eratori)
II CO(n)S(uli) III PROCO(n)S(uli) FOR
TISSIMO AC SVPER OM
NES FELICISSIMO PRINCIPI
DIVI SEPTIMI SEVERI ARAB(ici)
ADIAB(enici) PART(hici) BRIT(annici) MAX(imi) FILIO
DIVI M(arci) ANTONINI PII GERM(anici) SARM(atici) NEPOTI
DIVI ANTONINI PII PRON(epoti) DIVI HADRIAN(i) ABN(epoti)
DIVI TRAIANI PARTH(ici) ET DIVI NERVAE ADN(epoti)
SVB C(aio) IVLIO QVINTILLIANO PR(aefecto) VIG(ilum) EM(inentissimo) V(iro)
CVRANTIBVS
M(arco) FIRMIO AMYNTIANO S(ub)PR(aefecto)
M(arco) ANTONIO PROCVLO TRIB(uno)
COH(ortis) VI VIG(ilum) PRAEPOSITO VEXILLATIONIS

On the left side:

DEDICATA PR(idie) NON(as) APR(iles)
GENTIANO ET BASSO CO(n)S(ulibus)

CIL XIV Suppl., 4388; EDR106386; NSc 1989, 38; NSc 1909, 128 nr. 1.
Base on the south side of the courtyard, dedication to Caracalla. Date: April 4 211 AD, the birthday of Caracalla in 188 AD.
Found on a travertine plinth. There is a fragment of the top left corner, which was found on Via dei Vigili in 1909.
Photo: Klaus Heese.

DOMINO N(ostro) INVICTISSIMO
ET SUPER OMNES
FORTISSIMO IMP(eratori)
CAES(ari) M(arco) ANTONIO
GORDIANO
PIO FELICI INVICTO AVG(usto)
PONTIF(ici) MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate)
II CO(n)S(uli) PROCO(n)S(uli) P(atri) P(atriae)
||||| O PRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum)
P(erfectissimo) V(iro) CVRANTIBVS AELIO
SPECTATO SUBPRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) V(iro) E(gregio)
ET AVRELIO MASCVLO TRIBVNO
COH(ortis) VI VIG(ilum) PRAEP(osito) VEXILLAT(ionis)

On the left side:

AGENTIBVS
AVRELIO DIZA ((centurione))
ATILIO VITALE ((centurione))
L(ucio) SEPTIMIO VICTORINO ((centurione))
MARCIO QVINTO ((centurione))
CORNICVLARIO TRIB(uni)
CVPENTIO GEMINIANO

On the right side:

DEDICATA PR(idie) NONAS FEBR(uarias)
IMP(eratore) GORDIANO AVG(usto) ET AVIOLA
CO(n)S(ulibus)

CIL XIV Suppl., 4397; EDR106394; NSc 1889, 38-39.
Base on the south side of the courtyard, dedication to Gordianus III. Date: February 4 239 AD.
Found fallen over in front of the brick pier, on top of a layer of rubbish 0.40 high, and below the collapsed portico.
Travertine plinth. The name of the Praefectus Vigilum was erased.
Photos: Klaus Heese.

FVRIAE SABINIAE
TRANQVILLINAE
SANCTISSIMAE AVG(ustae)
CONIVGI DOMINI N(ostri)
GORDIANI AVG(usti)
CVRANTIBVS
VALERIO VALENTE V(iro) P(erfectissimo)
PRAEF(ecto) VIGIL(um) V(ices) A(gente) PRAEF(ecti)
PRAET(orii) E(gregiae) M(emoriae) V(iri) ET
VALERIO ALEXANDRO V(iro) E(gregio)
SVBPRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) ITEM
IVLIO MAGNO V(iro) E(gregio) SVBPRAEFECTO
ANNONAE V(ices) A(gente) SVBPRAEF(ecti) VIGIL(um)
COHORTES SEPTEM VIGILVM GORDIANAE

CIL XIV Suppl., 4398; EDR106395; NSc 1889, 41.
Base in the south-west corner of the courtyard, dedication to Furia Sabinia Tranquillina, wife of Gordianus III. Date: 241-244 AD.
Photo: Jan Theo Bakker.

IMP(eratori) CAESARI
L. SEPTIMIO SEVERO
PIO PERTINACI AVG(usto)
ARABICO ADIABENICO PARTHICO MAXIMO
FELICI PONTIFICI MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) XV IMP(eratori) XII
CO(n)S(uli) III P(atri) P(atriae) DIVI MARCI ANTONINI PII
GERMANICI SARMAT(ici) FIL(io) DIVI COMMODI
FRATRI DIVI ANTONINI PII NEPOTI
DIVI HADRIANI PRONEPOTI DIVI
TRAIANI PARTHICI ABNEPOTI
DIVI NERVAE ADNEPOTI
RESTITVTORI CASTRORVM
OSTIENSIVM
SVB CN(aeo) M(arcio) RVSTIO RVFINO PR(aefecto) VIG(ilum) E(gregio) V(iro)
CVRANTIBUS
C(aio) LAECANIO NOVATILLIANO SVBPR(aefecto) ET
M(arco) FL(avio) RAESIANO TRIB(uno) COH(ortis) II VIG(ilum)
PRAEPOSITO VEXILLATIONIS

CIL XIV Suppl., 4381; EDR106383; NSc 1889, 40.
First base on the west side of the courtyard, dedication to Septimius Severus. Date: 207 AD.
Photo: Klaus Heese.

NSc 1889, 73.
Second base on the west side of the courtyard, erased dedication.
Date: Geta? Erasure 212 AD?
A drawing and photo show that the base stood next to the previous one
in 1889. The plan from 1889 suggests that it was moved in that year.
Photo: Klaus Heese.

IMP(eratori) CAESARI
M. AVRELIO ANTONINO
PIO AVG(usto) FELICI
DESIGN(ato) III
TRIB(unicia) POTEST(ate) X CO(n)S(uli) II IMP(eratoris) CAESAR(is)
L(uci) SEPTIMI SEVERI PII PERTINACIS
AVG(usti) ARABICI ADIABENICI PARTHICI
MAXIMI P(atris) P(atriae) FILIO DIVI ANTONINI
PII GERMANICI SARMATICI NEPOT(i)
DIVI ANTONINI PII PRONEPOTI
DIVI HADRIANI ABNEPOTI
DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI ET DIVI
NERVAE ADNEPOTI RESTITVTORI
CASTRORVM OSTIENSIVM
SVB GN(aeo) M(arcio) RVSTIO RVFINO PR(aefecto) VIG(ilum) E(gregio) V(iro)
CVRANTIBUS
C(aio) LAECANIO NOVATILLIANO SVBPR(aefecto)
ET M(arco) FL(avio) RAESIANO TRIB(uno) COH(ortis) II VIG(ilum) PRAE
POSITO VEXILLATIONIS

CIL XIV Suppl., 4387; EDR106384; NSc 1889, 41.
Third base on the west side of the courtyard, dedication to Caracalla. Date: 207 AD.
Line 4 was added later in very small letters. Line 16 had been CVRA AGENTIBVS.
Photo: Klaus Heese.

IVLIAE
AVG(ustae)
MATRI AVGVSTI
ET KASTRORVM
SVB CN(aeo) M(arcio) RVSTIO RVFINO PR(aefecto) VIG(ilum) E(gregio) V(iro)
CVRANTIBVS
C(aio) LAECANIO NOVATILLIANO SVBPR(aefecto) ET
M(arco) FL(avio) RAESIANO TRIB(uno) COH(ortis) II VIG(ilum)
PRAEPOSITO VEXILLATIONIS

CIL XIV Suppl., 4386; EDR106383; NSc 1889, 73.
Fourth base on the west side of the courtyard, dedication to Iulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus. Date: 211-212 AD.
Line 3 at first ended with AVGG. Line 5 originally had CVRAM AGENTIBVS.
Photo: Klaus Heese.

M(arco) [[Opellio]]
ANTONINO
[[Diadumeniano]]
NOBILISSIMO CAES(ari)
PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS
IMP(eratoris) CAES(aris) M(arci) [[Opelli]] SEVERI
[[Macrini]] PII FELICIS AVG(usti)
TRIB(unicia) POTEST(ate) CO(n)S(ulis) DESIGN(ati)
II P(atris) P(atriae) PROCO(n)S(ulis) FILIO
VALERIO TITANIANO
PRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) EM(inentissimo) V(iro)
CVRANTE
FLAVIO LVPO SUBPRAEF(ecto)

CIL XIV Suppl., 4393; EDR106390; NSc 1888, 741.
Base on the north side of the courtyard, dedication to Diadumenianus. Date: 217 AD.
Found against the east wall of room 18. With pegs embedded in lead in the top, to hold a statue.
Erased: line 1, Opellio; line 3, Diadumeniano; line 6, Opelli; line 7, Macrini.
Photo: Klaus Heese.

PDE (upside down)

CIL XIV Suppl., 5249a and b; EDR109948 and EDR109949; NSc 1889,42; NSc 1910, 95 note 1.
On a plinth of a base supporting a marble column.
Cf. CIL XIV Suppl., 5250.
Photo: Daniel González Acuña.

	[n]ERVAE [trai]AN[o avg] [g]ERMA[n]ICO [daci]CO [p]ONTIF[ ma]X T[rib] P[ote]ST[ xi] IM[p vi COS v p p] COH[ortes vii vig]ILV[m]
Dedication to Traianus found below the mosaic. Zevi 1970, fig. 21. The fragment bottom left had already been found by Vaglieri in 1912. Possibly it was also found below the mosaic, where Zevi saw earlier activity.

	[--- IM]P(eratori) C[A]ESAR[I --- CO]S III [--- DIVI TRAIANI PAR]T[HICI F(ilio) ---] [---] PO[N]T(ifi) MAX(imo) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) [---] [--- COH]ORT[ES] VII [VIGILVM]
Dedication to Hadrianus found below the mosaic. Zevi 1970, fig. 22.

	M(arco) AVRELIO CAESARI IMP(eratoris) CAESARIS T(iti) AELI HADRIANI ANTONINI AVGVSTI PII FILIO DIVI HADRIANI NEPOTI DIVI TRAIANI PRONEPOTI DIVI NERVAE ABNEP(oti) CO(n)S(uli) OPTIMO AC PIISSIMO
CIL XIV Suppl., 4366; EDR106280; NSc 1889, 74. First base on the podium, dedication to Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. Date: 140 AD or 145 AD. Traces of red in the letters. Found fallen on the floor of the room. Photo: Klaus Heese.

	IMP(eratori) CAESARI DIVI ANTONINI FILIO DIVI HADRIANI NEPOTI DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI PRONEP(oti) DIVI NERVAE ABNEPOTI M(arco) AVRELIO ANTONINO AVG(usto) PONT(ifici) MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) XVI CO(n)S(uli) III COHORTES VII VIG(ilum)
CIL XIV Suppl., 4368; EDR106282; NSc 1889, 74. Second base on the podium, dedication to Marcus Aurelius as Emperor. Date: 162 AD. On the left side a vessel, on the right side a patera. Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114b.

	IMP(eratori) L(ucio) SEPTIMIO SE VERO PERTINACI CAESARI AVG(usto) PONT(ifici) MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) II IMP(eratori) V CO(n)S(uli) II PROCO(n)S(uli) P(atri) P(atriae) COHORTES VII VIG(ilum) [[Fulvio Plautiano]] PRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) CASSIO LIGVRE TRIBVNO PRAEPOSITO VEXILLATIONIS
CIL XIV Suppl., 4380; EDR074723; NSc 1889, 75. Third base on the podium, dedication to Septimius Severus. Date: 194-195 AD. Reinscribed. On the left side a vessel, on the right side a patera. At the end of line 4, III was changed in II. Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114c.


Top left: the top of the second (background) and third base. Photo: Laird 2018, fig. 2.8. Top right: the top of the second (background), third and fourth base. Photo: Deltenre 2005. Right: the top of the first (background) and second base. Photo: Deltenre 2005.

	IMP(eratori) CAESARI DIVI ANTONINI FILIO DIVI HA DRIANI NEP(oti) DIVI TRAIANI PAR THICI PRONEP(oti) DIVI NERVAE ABN(epoti) L. AVRELIO VERO AVG(usto) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) II CO(n)S(uli) II COHORTES VII VIG(ilum)
CIL XIV Suppl., 4376; EDR106368; NSc 1889, 75. Fourth base on the podium, dedication to Lucius Verus. Date: 162 AD. Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114d.

	IMP(eratori) CAESARI DIVI HADRIANI F(ilio) DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI NEP(oti) DIVI NERVAE PRONEP(oti) T. AELIO HADRIANO ANTONINO AVG(usto) PIO TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) CO(n)S(uli) DES(ignato) II
CIL XIV Suppl., 4357; EDR106271; NSc 1889, 75. Fifth base on the podium, dedication to Antoninus Pius. Date: 138 AD. Found on top of the little staircase at the right end of the bench. Photo: Van Haeperen 2019, fig. 114e.

CIL XIV Suppl., 4356; EDR106270; NSc 1889, 76. Base to the right of the podium, dedication to Lucius Aelius Caesar. Date: 137 AD. Travertine. Traces of red (minium) in the letters. Photos: EDH.	L(ucio) AELIO CAESARI IMP(eratoris) TRAIANI HA DRIANI AVG(usti) PONT(ificis) MAX(imi) TRIB(unicia) POTEST(ate) XXI IMP(eratoris) II CO(n)S(ulis) III P(atris) P(atriae) FILIO DIVI TRAIANI PARTHIC(i) N(epoti) DIVI NER VAE PRON(epoti) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) CO(n)S(uli) II

	DOMINO N(ostro) INVICTISSIMO ET SUPER OMNES FORTISSIMO IMP(eratori) CAES(ari) M(arco) ANTONIO GORDIANO PIO FELICI INVICTO AVG(usto) PONTIF(ici) MAX(imo) TRIB(unicia) POT(estate) II CO(n)S(uli) PROCO(n)S(uli) P(atri) P(atriae) \|\|\|\|\| O PRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) P(erfectissimo) V(iro) CVRANTIBVS AELIO SPECTATO SUBPRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) V(iro) E(gregio) ET AVRELIO MASCVLO TRIBVNO COH(ortis) VI VIG(ilum) PRAEP(osito) VEXILLAT(ionis)
	On the left side: AGENTIBVS AVRELIO DIZA ((centurione)) ATILIO VITALE ((centurione)) L(ucio) SEPTIMIO VICTORINO ((centurione)) MARCIO QVINTO ((centurione)) CORNICVLARIO TRIB(uni) CVPENTIO GEMINIANO On the right side: DEDICATA PR(idie) NONAS FEBR(uarias) IMP(eratore) GORDIANO AVG(usto) ET AVIOLA CO(n)S(ulibus)
CIL XIV Suppl., 4397; EDR106394; NSc 1889, 38-39. Base on the south side of the courtyard, dedication to Gordianus III. Date: February 4 239 AD. Found fallen over in front of the brick pier, on top of a layer of rubbish 0.40 high, and below the collapsed portico. Travertine plinth. The name of the Praefectus Vigilum was erased. Photos: Klaus Heese.

	IVLIAE AVG(ustae) MATRI AVGVSTI ET KASTRORVM SVB CN(aeo) M(arcio) RVSTIO RVFINO PR(aefecto) VIG(ilum) E(gregio) V(iro) CVRANTIBVS C(aio) LAECANIO NOVATILLIANO SVBPR(aefecto) ET M(arco) FL(avio) RAESIANO TRIB(uno) COH(ortis) II VIG(ilum) PRAEPOSITO VEXILLATIONIS
CIL XIV Suppl., 4386; EDR106383; NSc 1889, 73. Fourth base on the west side of the courtyard, dedication to Iulia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus. Date: 211-212 AD. Line 3 at first ended with AVGG. Line 5 originally had CVRAM AGENTIBVS. Photo: Klaus Heese.

	M(arco) [[Opellio]] ANTONINO [[Diadumeniano]] NOBILISSIMO CAES(ari) PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS IMP(eratoris) CAES(aris) M(arci) [[Opelli]] SEVERI [[Macrini]] PII FELICIS AVG(usti) TRIB(unicia) POTEST(ate) CO(n)S(ulis) DESIGN(ati) II P(atris) P(atriae) PROCO(n)S(ulis) FILIO VALERIO TITANIANO PRAEF(ecto) VIG(ilum) EM(inentissimo) V(iro) CVRANTE FLAVIO LVPO SUBPRAEF(ecto)
CIL XIV Suppl., 4393; EDR106390; NSc 1888, 741. Base on the north side of the courtyard, dedication to Diadumenianus. Date: 217 AD. Found against the east wall of room 18. With pegs embedded in lead in the top, to hold a statue. Erased: line 1, Opellio; line 3, Diadumeniano; line 6, Opelli; line 7, Macrini. Photo: Klaus Heese.

	PDE (upside down)
CIL XIV Suppl., 5249a and b; EDR109948 and EDR109949; NSc 1889,42; NSc 1910, 95 note 1. On a plinth of a base supporting a marble column. Cf. CIL XIV Suppl., 5250. Photo: Daniel González Acuña.