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LSA-1393 Base for togate statue of Acilius Glabrio Sibidius signo Spedius; set up by his son. Rome. 438.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: First recorded as at Palazzo Altemps; set up in the 'forum' of Sibidius, in that same area
Current Location: Musei Vaticani, Galleria Chiaramonti (inv. no. 1698)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 121 Width(cm): 88 Depth(cm): 78
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Acilius Glabrio Sibidius signo Spedius Position: Civilian Imperial Office-Holders Gender: Male
Awarder: Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus Position: Family Members
DATE
Earliest: 438 Latest : 438
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , CIL VI, 1678 (+ p. 4732)

INSCRIPTION
Text: Spedii. / Acilio Glabrioni Sibidio, v(iro) c(larissimo) et omnibus / meritis inlustri, legato in provincia Achaia, / consulari Campaniae, vicario per Gallias /(5) septem provinciarum, sacri adiutori cogni/tori, fori huiusce inventori et conditori pri/mo, patri reverentissimo Anicius Acilius / Glabrio Faustus, v(ir) c(larissimus), loci ornator, togatam /(9) statuam offerens piae non minus quam de/votae mentis religione, ponedam / erigendamque curavit.

Trans: (Statue) of Spedius. To Acilius Glabrio Sibidius, of clarissimus rank and distinguished in all merits, legate in the province of Achaea, governor (consularis) of Campania, vicar for the seven provinces of Gaul, judge of the imperial court, first creator and founder of this forum. Anicius Acilius Glabrio Faustus, of clarissimus rank, the embellisher of [this] place, offering with the reverence of both a pious and devoted mind, saw to the placing and erecting of a togate statue to his most revered father.
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