IGII2 5173 Statue returned by Claudius

Statue returned by Claudius

IG II² 5173 Date: 41-54 AD

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, benefactor [of the city] freely gave and restored (this statue).^[1] uninscribed space

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IG II² 5173 (Translated text) (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (emperor)

Findspot: Acropolis, west of the Parthenon (EM 10427)

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[1] This is one of seven attested Athenian monuments whose inscriptions describe them as rededications by the emperor Claudius (r. 41-54 AD). The others are IG II² 5174-5179. Claudius' predecessor, Gaius Caligula, is reported to have confiscated various artworks from the Greek world (M. Kaplan, Greeks and the Imperial Court, 1990, 269-70). Cassius Dio 60.6.8 reports that Claudius returned these works (cf. Paus. 9.27.3). It seems that these inscriptions record these restorations. On Caligula and Claudius, see respectively IG II² 3267 and IG II² 3268 with notes.

Added: 24 Jul 2026
Updated: 24 Jul 2026
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