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LSA-1371 Fragmentary base for statue of Valentinian I, emperor. Rome, Forum. 365.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Roman Forum, found in front of the Senate-house
Current Location: Lapidario Forense (inv. no. 5178-80 and 6058)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Valentinian I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Caius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus signo Lampadius, prefect of the City Position: Prefects of Rome
DATE
Earliest: 365 Latest : 365
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 36955 (+p. 4355)

INSCRIPTION
Text: [Maximo pr]inc[ipi], / [indulgent]issimo, d(omino) [n(ostro)] / [Valenti]niano, tri[umf(atori)], / [sempe]r Augusto. /(5) C(aius) Cei[o]nius Rufius V[olusianus], / v(ir) c(larissimus), praef(ectus) ur[bi, iterum iudex] / sacrarum c[ognitionum], / serenit[ati eius dicatus].

 Trans: To the greatest ruler, the most kindly, our lord Valentinianus, triumphant, forever Augustus. Caius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the City, twice judge in the imperial court of appeal, devoted to his serenity, [set this up].
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