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LSA-1236 Base for statue of Maximian, emperor. Patavium (Venetia et Histria). 286-305, probably 290-305








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Patavium Province: Venetia et Histria Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: Padova
Current Location: Padova, Museo Civico
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? No
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 77 Width(cm): 66 Depth(cm): 66
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Maximian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Attius Insteius Tertullus (Isteius Tertullus in our inscription), governor of Venetia et Histria Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 290 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , V, 2818

Alföldy, G. , Römische Statuen in Venetia et Histria : epigraphische Quellen, Heidelberg 1984, n. 166
INSCRIPTION
Text: Piissimo ac fo[r]/tissimo d(omino) n(ostro) M(arco)/ (3) Aur(elio) [[Val(erio) Maxi]]/[[miano p(io) f(elici) In]]/victo semper/ (6) Aug(usto),/ Isteius Tertullus, v(ir) [c(larissimus)],/ corr(ector) Ven(etiae) et Histria[e],/ n(umini) e(ius) s(emper) d(evotus). Trans: To our most pious and most powerful lord, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, pious, fortunate, unconquered, forever Augustus; Isteius Tertullus, of clarissimus rank, governor (corrector) of Venetia et Histria [set this up], always devoted to his divine spirit.
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