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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2011
During the reign of Augustus, a high proportion of the inscriptions which mention that name give it in full Augustus, Augusti, Augusto and so on (e.g. ILS 82-3, 85-96, 98-100, 102-5 etc.). But in a few instances, stone-cutters began to use Aug. as a convenient abbreviation for the word, in any of its cases (e.g. ILS 97, 101, 106 etc.). Before long, as imperial titles become longer, the form Aug. was more and more commonly used.
1 RIB 1149 and 1792. and cf. A.R. Birley. The Fasti of Roman Britain (1981).
2 As is well known. Gcta was in fact often credited with the rank of Augustus before 209. so that Auggg. often appears before that date, e.g. in ILS 433-6. 1147. and 1152-3.
3 Pagan Celtic Britain (1967). 187, cf. 207 and fig. 67b.
