Base for statue of Quintus Axilius Urbicus, city patron and imperial office holder. Aquileia (Venetia et Histria). Mid-third to earlier fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aquileia
Province:
Venetia et Histria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Found in 1876 in an old vineyard possibly in the area of the Forum
Current Location:
Museo Archeologico, Aquileia, inv. no. 46
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
177
Width(cm):
87
Depth(cm):
33
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Quintus Axilius Urbicus
Position:
Patrons
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People of Aquileia, by decree of councillors
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
230
Latest :
340
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , V, 8972
Brusin, G., Inscriptiones Aquileiae, vol. I-III, Udine 1991-1993, I, 478
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, 1459
Lettich, G., Itinerari Epigrafici Aquileiesi. Guida alle epigrafi esposte nel Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia (Antichità Alto Adriatiche 50), Trieste 2003, 68-9 no. 70
Alföldy, G. , Römische Statuen in Venetia et Histria : epigraphische Quellen, Heidelberg 1984, n. 78
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Q(uinto) Axilio / Urbico, viro / perfectissimo, /(5) magistro / sacrarum / cognitionum, / a studiis et / a consiliis /(10) Augg(ustorum), / Aquileienses / publice / patrono / praestantissimo /(15) d(ecurionum) d(ecreto).
Trans:
To Quintus Axilius Urbicus, of perfectissimus rank, master of the imperial court of appeal (magister sacrarum cognitionum), expert in science (a studiis) and secretary of the imperial council (a consiliis) of the Augusti. The people of Aquileia publicly [set this up] to their most excellent patron, by decree of the councillors
