Base for statue, originally of Valens (LSA-1372), re-erected (or re-used for another statue) by Petronius Maximus, prefect of the City. Rome, Forum. 421-439.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Roman Forum, found in the basilica Aemilia
Current Location:
Roman Forum, in the central square (Sopr. For.-Pal. inv. no. 12448/12471)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
123
Width(cm):
86
Depth(cm):
61
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unstated, perhaps still of Valens
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Petronius Maximus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
421
Latest :
439
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 36956b (+p. 4355)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Petronius Maximus, / v(ir) c(larissimus), iterum praef(ectus) urb(i), / curavit.
Trans:
Petronius Maximus, of clarissimus rank, twice prefect of the City, took charge [of this].
