IGII2 3240 Altar of Augusta Hygieia

Altar of Augusta Hygieia

IG II² 3240 Date: ca. 22/3 AD?

To Augusta Hygieia^[1]

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IG II² 3240 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Altar

Inscription type: Dedication (Augusta Hygieia)

Findspot: Acropolis, east of the Propylaia

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[1] This altar dedicated to Augusta Hygieia, i.e. "Empress Health" was located near the sanctuary of Athena Hygieia on the Acropolis, just east of the Propylaia (see IG I³ 506 with notes). It is perhaps a dedication to Livia, wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, assimilating her to the goddess Hygieia. Livia is commemorated in this guise on coinage issued in 22/3 AD under Tiberius (RIC I Tiberius 47), after her recovery from a serious illness (Tacitus, Annals 3.71) and a statue of her as Julia Augusta Hygieia is known from Thasos (IG XII 8, 65). However, "Augustan Health," as a personification of the health of the emperor, is frequent on Imperial coinage generally and nothing seems to require that this inscription be linked specifically to Livia (U. Hahn, Die Frauen des römischen Kaiserhauses und ihre Ehrungen, 1994, 50-51, 96 n. 338). Compare the references to Augustan Justice in IG II³ 4, 1042.

Added: 24 Jul 2026
Updated: 24 Jul 2026
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