Turkish archaeologists during the excavation in the ancient city of Patara found a marble slab with an inscription containing information about the almost unknown Roman Senator Celere.
About the opening tells Anadolu Agency. It was made in the city of Patara, which at the time was the most important port of the Lycian Union. A marble slab with the text, which tells about the little-known Roman Senator, was found during excavations in the theatre.
She was near the stage area. The plate was broken into 27 pieces, but researchers have put it all together. They found that the text was dedicated to Tiberius Claudius Flavian Tiziano Celery – son prokoly the Neris, one of the most influential residents of this city.
the Inscription contains previously unknown details about Celera. Until now, scientists just assumed that there was a man with the same name. But what he was, they didn’t know. The text also tells that he was a Roman Senator, Governor of Cyprus and the black sea province of Pontus, which was located in the North-East of modern Turkey.
Also from the text it follows that Zeller performed a variety of functions, including the judiciary, and was also a member of the city Committee on grain. According to archaeologists, the achievements of the son in stone perpetuated itself Vilia of Proculus.
She lived in the II century of our era, when such messages were common practice. Besides the theater, which was found this plate, was built by her family. To build it began Quintus Velius Titian, and his daughter, Vilia of Proculus, completed the works of the father after his death.
Archaeologists believe that the dedication stone of the Roman Senator could be made about 147 ad. Previously there had similar plates, including the dedications to the Emperor Adrian, his wife Sabina August and Saloni of Matidia – niece of the Emperor Trajan and grandmother of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
