‘There are other ruins which do not deserve much notice.’
Of this inscription a very small fragment now remains, so that the above rendering of Peysonnel cannot be verified. M. Léon Renier states that it is very incorrect, and suggests the following re-construction, based on his own researches:—
‘Imperatori Caesari Marco Opellio Severo Macrino Pio Felici Augusto, pontifici maximo, tribuniciae potestatis, consuli designato, patri patriae, proconsuli, providentissimo et sanctissimo principi, et Marco Opellio Antonino Diadumiano, nobilissimo Caesari Principi Juventutis, Respublica Dianensium ex decreto decurionum.’[39]
This, if correct, would show that the building was erected in the reign of Macrinus, A.D. 217-218.
Two other inscriptions were copied by Bruce, but he does not record the exact spots where he observed them:—
. . . . ES M AVR
. . . . ES L AVR
. ADRIANI . . . .
. ANTE C . . . .