Milestone from the era of Emperor Aurelius Probus

This cylindrical epigraphic monument dedicated to Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius, Felix Invictus, indirectly exalting this emperor between July 276 AD and September 282 AD, is what remains of a
milestone
. These types of
milestones
served to mark, along the
viae
(roads), the distance from the political-administrative forum of the civitas capital (of each civic community) to the border limits of the territory. This
milestone
, identified outside its original context and used as construction material, lacks large part of the lower section, hindering the identification of the remaining titles associated with the emperor and the number of miles the monument marked from the centre of
Felicitas Iulia Olisipo
.

Type of inscription

Judicial-administrative

Language

Latin

Technique

Engraving

Reading

IMP(eratori)/ CAESARI/ M(arco) AVRELI/O PROBO/ PIO FEL(ici) I(nvicto) [.../ .../ ...]

Translation

To Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Invictus [...]

Present location

Museum of Lisbon | Pimenta Palace

Suggested reading

Amaro, C. (1982) - Casa dos Bicos. Notícia histórico-arqueológica. Arqueologia. Porto: Grupo de Estudos Arqueológicos e Etnológicos do Porto. 6, pp. 96-111.

Ribeiro, J. C. (1982-1983) - Estudos histórico-epigráficos em torno da figura de L. Iulius Maelo Caudicus. Sintria. Sintra: Gabinete de Estudos de Arqueologia, Arte e Etnografia e Museu Arqueológico de São Miguel de Odrinhas. 1-2, pp. 431-434.

Useful links

Identification code​

LxRomana1106037