IGII2 3409 Honours for Marcus Aurelius

Honours for Marcus Aurelius

IG II² 3409 Date: 174 or 176 AD?

[(This statue of) Emperor Caesar] [Marcus] Aurelius Antoninus [Augustus] (was erected by) the city [by means of] (5)[Tib(erius) Cl(audius)] Herodes [Atticus].

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IG II² 3409 (Translated text) (PHI)

Ameling, Herodes Atticus II 96

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (City)

Findspot: Acropolis (EM)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This fragment derives from the base of a statue of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 AD), erected by the city of Athens under the management of the Athenian millionaire, Herodes Atticus, who had served as Marcus’ tutor in Greek language (on Herodes, see AIUK 11 (Ashmolean) 15 with notes). It apparently stood on the Acropolis, not far from the Parthenon. The statue cannot have been erected in the period 170-174 AD, when Herodes was in self-imposed exile from Athens. It could perhaps be linked to Marcus Aurelius’ visit to Athens in 176 AD (P. Graindor, Hérode Atticus, 1930, 226) or to Herodes Atticus’ return to Athens after his exoneration before Marcus in the Trial at Sirmium in 174/5 AD. On Marcus Aurelius and Athens, see IG II² 3410.

Added: 6 Mar 2026
Updated: 6 Mar 2026
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