Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Grenoble (Isère, 38) |
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| Subject(s) | |
| Author(s) | |
| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1609 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Duchesne 1609, ed. cit. 1614, p. 805 |
| Bibliography | DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 408-409 ; Deschamps-Juif 1963 ; Chatel 1990, pp. 17-24 ; Michel 1999, p. 54 n° 16, 110-115 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 70, 84 |
| Remarks | |
Transcription
DLF XVIIe siècle, pp. 408-409 ; Deschamps-Juif 1963 ; Chatel 1990, pp. 17-24 ; Michel 1999, p. 54 n° 16, 110-115 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 70, 84
Duchesne drew on Belleforest. The two city gates constructed by Diocletian and Maximian carried identical inscriptions, with the exception of the names of the gates, indicated at the end, which corresponded with the the two emperors’ agnomens: ‘Jovia’ (Jupiter) was Diocletian’s agnomen, ‘Herculea’ (Hercules) was Maximian’s: DN IMP CAES CAIVS AVREL VALERIVS DIOCLETIANVS P F INVICTVS AVGVSTVS ET IMP CAESAR MARCVS AVREL VALERIVS MAXIMIANVS PIVS FELIX INVICTVS AVG MVRIS CVLARONENSIBVS CVM INTERIORIBVS AEDIFICIIS PROVIDENTIA SVA INSTITVTIS ADQVE PERFECTIS PORTAM ROMANAM IOVIAM VOCARI IVSSERVNT (CIL, XII, n° 2229) = Our masters the Emperor Caesar Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, pious, lucky, invincible august, and the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximianus, pious, lucky, invincible, august, thanks to whose foresight the walls of Cularo and the buildings within them were constructed, ordained that the Roman gate should be called ‘Jovium’. The gate was destroyed in 1591
« Celle qui regarde le Midy fut nommee Romana Jovia pour gratifier Diocletian, lequel ozoit presumptueusement s’esgaler à Jupiter ; & y fut gravé cest escrit, qui s’y voit encores.
DD. NN. Impp. Cæs. Gaius Aurel. Valerius Diocletianus PP. invictus Augustus, et Imp. Cæsar M. Aurel. Valerius Maximianus, pius, felix, invictus Aug. muris Cularonensibus, cum interioribus ædificiis, providentia sua institutis atque perfectis portam Romanam Joviam vocari jusserunt. »