Roads, mountain passes, quarries - Genève (Genf)

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Roads, mountain passes, quarries - Genève (Genf) - Milestones

From the canton Genève come seven inscribed milestones, dated to the reigns of Trajanus, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Elagabalus (2), Philippus Arabs, and the years 305-306 AD. They were found in Colovrex (commune de Bellevue; 2), Genève (2), Hermance and Versoix. One was taken to Messery in France. They all record distances from Nyon.

[Imp(erator) Caes(ar)]

DIVI MAGNI AN

TONINI PI(i) F(ilius) DIVI

SEVERI NEPOS

[M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus]

PIVS FELIX AVG(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus)

TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) II CO(n)S(ul) II P(ater) P(atriae)

PROCO(n)S(ul)

M(ilia) P(assuum) VIIII

Emperor Caesar,

of the divine, great Antoninus

Pius son, of the divine

Severus grandson,

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Pius, happy, Augustus, greatest pontiff,

with tribunician power for the 2nd time, consul for the 2nd time,

father of the fatherland,

proconsul.

9000 steps.

Milestone from Genève.

Reused. It must come from Versoix, in view of the distance.

From the reign of Elagabalus, 219 AD.

EDCS-09500307. H. 1.53, diam. 0.47.

Photo: MAH, Genève.

Literature

Anzeiger für schweizerische Altertumskunde 20 (1918), 134-138; Drack-Fellmann 1988, 621-622.

[25-Nov-2023]

	[Imp(erator) Caes(ar)] DIVI MAGNI AN TONINI PI(i) F(ilius) DIVI SEVERI NEPOS [M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus] PIVS FELIX AVG(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibunicia) POT(estate) II CO(n)S(ul) II P(ater) P(atriae) PROCO(n)S(ul) M(ilia) P(assuum) VIIII
	Emperor Caesar, of the divine, great Antoninus Pius son, of the divine Severus grandson, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, happy, Augustus, greatest pontiff, with tribunician power for the 2nd time, consul for the 2nd time, father of the fatherland, proconsul. 9000 steps.
	Milestone from Genève. Reused. It must come from Versoix, in view of the distance. From the reign of Elagabalus, 219 AD. EDCS-09500307. H. 1.53, diam. 0.47. Photo: MAH, Genève.