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LSA-1395 Lost base for gilded bronze statue of Amnius Anicius Paulinus Iunior signo Amnius, consul and prefect of the City; commanded by the emperors. Rome, Forum of Trajan. 334.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Forum of Trajan
Current Location: Lost
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Unknown Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Amnius Anicius Paulinus Iunior signo Amnius, consul and prefect of the City Position: Consuls Gender: Male
Awarder: Constantine I and his sons, at request of Roman People and Senate Position: Emperors
DATE
Earliest: 334 Latest : 334
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1683 (+p. 4733)
INSCRIPTION
Text: Amnii Iun(ioris). / Anicio Paulino Iun(iori), c(larissimo) v(iro), / proco(n)s(uli) Asiae et Hellesponti, / consuli ordinario, praef(ecto) urbi /(5) vice sacra iudicanti. Ob / meritum nobilitatis, eloquii, / iustitiae atq(ue) censurae, qui/bus privatim ac publice / clarus est, petitu populi R(omani), /(10) testimonio senatus, iudicio / dd(ominorum) nn(ostrorum) triumphatoris Aug(usti) / Caesarumq(ue) florentium, / statuam secundam auro / superfusam locari sumptu /(15) publico placuit.



 Trans: (Statue) of Amnius Iunior. For Anicius Paulinus Iunior, of clarissimus rank, proconsul of Asia and Hellespontus, consul (consul ordinarius), prefect of the City, judge representing the Emperor. On account of his nobility, eloquence, justice, and judgement, for which he was privately and publicly famous, by petition of the Roman people with the testimony of the Senate and by the decision of our lords, the triumphant Augustus and flourishing Caesars, it was resolved that a second gilded statue be put up at public expense.
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