‘Pompey’s column’ is a dedication to Diocletian. It was named so by a misreading of Πού̣π̣[λιος]. This Publius is known also from papyri (Oxyrhynchus papyri 1204, dated 299, and 1416) and was a praefectus Aegypti.
‘Pompey’s column’ is a dedication to Diocletian. It was named so by a misreading of Πού̣π̣[λιος]. This Publius is known also from papyri (Oxyrhynchus papyri 1204, dated 299, and 1416) and was a praefectus Aegypti.