Inscription in Latin and Greek recording building of roads
by Vespasian, on column; AD 75; found between Smyrna and
Sevdiköy: Fontrier, Mous. II 1, 1875-6, 1, no. 73; CIL III Supp.
7203; IGRR IV 1486; *ISmyrna 823.
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ISmyrn 823
| 1 | imp(erator) Caesar Vespasianus Aug(ustus), |
| pontif(ex) max(imus), trib(unicia) potes(tate) VI, | |
| imp(erator) XIII, p(ater) p(atriae), co(n)s(ul) VI, desig(natus) VII, | |
| censor, vias reficien- | |
| 5 | das curavit. |
| Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Οὐε- | |
| σπασιανὸς Σεβαστός, ἀρ- | |
| χιερεὺς μέγιστος, δημ- | |
| αρχικῆς ἐξουσίας τὸ ϛʹ, | |
| 10 | αὐτοκράτωρ τὸ ιγʹ, ὕπατ- |
| ος τὸ ϛʹ, ἀποδειγμέ- | |
| νος τὸ ζʹ, τειμητής, τὰ- | |
| ς ὁδοὺς ἐπεσκεύασεν. |