Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Ancyra (Galatia Salutaris). 324-327
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ancyra
Province:
Galatia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Ancyra
Current Location:
No published record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Constantius, praetorian prefect
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
324
Latest :
327
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III, 6751
de Jerphanion S.J., G., Mélanges d'archeologie anatolienne (Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph XIII, 1), Beyrouth 1928, 234 no. 7
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[C]leme[n]tissimo adqu/e perpetuo imperatori / d(omino) n(ostro) Co[nsta]ntino, / maxi[mo] victori, sem/[p]er [Aug(usto)], Fl(avius) Constantiu[s], / v(ir) c(larissimus), praefectus pretorii (sic), / pietati eius semper / dicatis[sim]u[s].
Trans:
To the most merciful and eternal emperor, our lord Constantinus, the greatest victor, eternal Augustus; Flavius Constantius, of clarissimus rank, praetorian prefect, always most dedicated to his piety, [set this up].
