The Inscription of Quirinius
(LAPIS TIBURTINUS)

GEM · QVA · REDACTA · INPOI AVGVSTI · POPVLIQVE · ROMANI · SENATV SVPPLICATIONES · BINAS · OB SVPPLICATIONES · RES · PROSP IPSI · ORNAMENTA · TRIVMPI PRO · CONSVL SVPPLICATIONES · ASIAM · PROVINCIAM · OP DIVI · AVGVSTI SVPPLICATIONES · ITERVM · SYRIAM · ET · PH

The following restoration is often doubtful: --

P. Sulpicius P. F. Quirinius cos., datus rector Gaio Caesari Divi Augusti nepot.................................................................. ...... Pr., pro consule Cretam et Cyrenas provinciam optinens Marmaridas et Garamantas subegit................................................................ ........................................................ Legatus pro praetore Divi Augusti Syriacas legiones optinens bellum gessit cum gente Homonadensium quae interfecerat Amyntam Galatarum regem, qua redacta in potestatem Imp. Caesaris Augusti Populique Romani, Senatus dis immortalibus supplicationes binas ob res prospere ab eo gestas, et ipsi ornamenta triumph alia decrevit

Proconsul Asiam provinciam optinuit, legatus pr. pr. Divi Augusti iterum Syriam et Phoenicen provinciam optinens regnum Archelai in provinciae formam redegit.

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