Base for statue of Lucius Aradius Valerius Proculus, consul and prefect of the City; erected to its patron by the guild of swine dealers and butchers (suarii). Rome. 340.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Caelian hill, in gardens of the church of S. Stefano Rotondo, site of the house of the Valerii
Current Location:
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
124
Width(cm):
105.5
Depth(cm):
80
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucius Aradius Valerius Proculus, consul and prefect of the City
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Guild of swine dealers and butchers (Corpus suariorum et confectuariorum)
Position:
Guilds
DATE
Earliest:
340
Latest :
340
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1690 (+p. 4735)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Populonii. // L(ucio) Aradio Val(erio) Proculo, v(iro) c(larissimo), / auguri, / pontifici maiori, /(5) quindecemviro sacris faciundis, / pontifici Flaviali, / praetori tutelari, / legato pro praetore provinciae Numidiae, / peraequatori census provinciae Calleciae, /(10) praesidi provinciae Byzacenae, / consulari provinciae Europae et Thraciae, / consulari provinciae Siciliae, / comiti ordinis secundi, / comiti ordinis primi, /(15) proconsuli provinciae Africae vice / sacra iudicanti eidemq(ue) iudicio sacro / per provincias Proconsularem et Numidiam Byzacium ac Tripolim / itemque Mauretaniam Sitifensem et Caesariensem, / perfuncto officio praefecturae praetorio, /(20) comiti iterum ordinis primi intra palatium, / praefecto urbi, vice sacra iterum iudicanti, / consuli ordinario. / Huic corpus suariorum et confecturariorum, / auctoribus patronis, ex affectu eidem, iure debito /(25) statuam patrono digno ponendam censuit.
Trans:
(Statue) of Populonius. To Lucius Aradius Valerius Proculus, of clarissimus rank, augur, greater priest (pontifex maior</>), member of the college of 15 men for sacred affairs, priest of the gens Flavia, tutelary praetor, legate for the praetor of the province of Numidia, tax reviewer of the province of Gallaecia, governor (praeses) of the province of Byzacena, governor (consularis) of the province of Europa et Thracia, governor (consularis) of the province of Sicily, count of the second order, count of the first order, governor (proconsul) of the province of Africa and judge representing the emperor, while at the same time judge in the imperial court of appeal for the provinces of Africa Proconsularis, Numidia, Byzacena, and Tripolitania and likewise Mauretania Sitifensis and Mauretania Caesariensis, having performed the office of praetorian prefect, count of the first order inside the palace for the second time, prefect of the City, judge representing the Emperor for a second time, and consul (consul ordinarius). To him, the corporation of swine dealers and butchers, at the instigation of its patrons [and] out of affection towards him, decided, with proper duty, to set up a statue to their worthy patron.
