Caracalla Inscription (Detail)
ID: LNNEK19
View of the eight line Latin inscription of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antionius (Caracalla; A.D. 211–217). It commemorates how the third Gallic Legion built the road here at Nahr el–Kalb in the third century A.D. It includes a number of titles for Marcus indicating the places he conquered or visited.
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This image courtesy of Mark Connally.
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Keywords: Map Maps, Lebanon, North, Mark Connally, Nahr el–Kalb, Kalb, Dog River, Wolf River, Roman Emperor, Caracalla, Gallic Roman Legion, Road Building, Railway, Tripoli, Obelisk, 1942