Base for statue (subject unstated), re-erected by Caecina Decius Acinatius Albinus, prefect of the City. Rome. 414.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Uncertain provenance, but probably from baths of Decius, on the Aventine
Current Location:
Rome, in Villa Albani
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
124
Width(cm):
65
Depth(cm):
47.5
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Not stated
Position:
Gender:
Awarder:
Caecina Decius Acinatius Albinus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
414
Latest :
414
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1659 (+p. 4727-8)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Salvis dd(ominis) nn(ostris) / Honorio et Theodosio, / pp(iis), ff(elicibus), semper Augg(ustis). / Caecina Decius / (5) Acinatius Albinus, / v(ir) c(larissimus), praef(ectus) urbi, / facto a se adiecit / ornatui.
Trans:
Our lords Honorius and Theodosius, pious, fortunate, forever Augusti, being safe and well. Caecina Decius Acinatius Albinus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the City, added [this] to ornament what he himself had made.
