Base for moved and re-erected statue (subject unstated). Verona (Venetia et Histria). 379-383
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Verona
Province:
Venetia et Histria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Verona, forum area
Current Location:
Verona, Museo Lapidario Maffeiano, inv. no. 193
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
81.5
Width(cm):
62.5
Depth(cm):
59
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unstated
Position:
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Valerius Palladius, governor of Venetia et Histria
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
379
Latest :
383
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , V, 3332
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, 5363
Alföldy, G. , Römische Statuen in Venetia et Histria : epigraphische Quellen, Heidelberg 1984, n. 202
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Hortante beatitudine / temporum ddd(ominorum) nnn(ostrorum) / Gratiani, Valentiniani / et Theodosii Auggg(ustorum), /(5) statuam in Capitolio / diu iacentem, in / cereberrimo [sic, for celeberrimo] fori / loco constitui / iussit Val(erius) Palladius, /(10) v(ir) c(larissimus), cons(ularis) Venet(iae) et Hist(riae).
Trans:
Encouraged by the blessedness of the times of our lords Gratianus, Valentinianus and Theodosius Augusti, Valerius Palladius, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Venetia et Histria, ordered that this statue, which lay neglected in the Capitolium for a long time, be set up in the most prominent place of the forum.
