AIO 3662 Honours for Commodus

Honours for Commodus

AIO 3662 Date: 180-192 AD

(This statue of) . . . (1)[grandson] of T(itus) Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus, great-grandson of [the God] Hadrian, [Emperor] Caesar L(ucius) [Aurelius Commodus] (5)(was erected by) Publius Cornelius Ma- ^[1]

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AIO 3662 (Translated text) (AIO)

IG II² 3393 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Unknown

Inscription type: Statue base (private)?

Findspot: Athens (Lost)

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[1] Textual note: IG II² restores the name of the dedicator as Πόπλιος Κορνήλιος Μα[ραθώνιος (Publius Cornelius of Marathon), but the last word should be a cognomen rather than a demotic (S. Byrne, Roman Citizens of Athens, 2003, pp. 208-209).

This highly fragmentary inscription appears to be the only surviving statue base at Athens for the emperor Commodus (r. 180-192 AD). On Commodus and Athens, see Oliver, Constitutions 209 with notes. It may have been smashed as part of the damnatio memoriae following his death (see IG ² 2119 with notes). It was recorded by Andreas Moustoxydis between 1829 and 1831, but has not been seen since.

Added: 6 Mar 2026
Updated: 6 Mar 2026
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