Base for bronze statue of Attius Insteius Tertullus, prefect of the City; erected to its patron by the guild of wholesale dealers (magnarii). Rome. 307-310.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Area of via dei Fori Imperiali, behind Basilica of Maxentius
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1696 (+p. 4736-7)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[Inlu]stri viro et omnium retro praefecto/[rum i]ndustriam supergresso, Attio Insteio Tertullo, / [quaestori k(andidato)], praetori k(andidato), consuli, correctori / [Venetiae et Hist]riae, praeposito fabri/[cas(?), proco(n)s(uli) Africae(?), praefecto ur]bis Romae, /(6) [ob curam quam egit, ut fortunae eorum] / inopia ing[enti afflictae sollicitudine eius] / miseriae atque incomparabili [industria, cum in] / apertum periculum proruebant, recrea/tae atque confotae redditis pristinis /(11) viribus, convalescerent et aeternum robur / acciperent, atque (ob) eius aegregia (sic, for 'egregia') facta et in se / munificentiam singularem, corpus magna/riorum gravi, metu et discrimine liberatum, /(15) ei statuam aere insignem locavit, / curantibus / Flaviis Respecto Panckario Sabiniano Palass(io?) / et Florentino, v(iris) p(erfectissimis), p(rae)p(ositis) corp(oris) mag(nariorum), digno pat(rono).
Trans:
To a distinguished man who surpassed the diligence of all earlier prefects, Attius Insteius Tertullus, quaestor (quaestor kandidatus), praetor (praetor kandidatus), suffect consul, governor (corrector) of Venetia et Histria, supervisor of the workshops (?), governor (proconsul) of Africa (?), prefect of the City of Rome. On account of the care which he took, with attention to their misery and with incomparable diligence, when they had brought the danger into the open, so that their fortunes, struck by grave poverty, might grow strong, restored and fostered to their former force, and might receive eternal vigour; and [on account] of his outstanding deeds and singular munificence towards it, the guild of wholesale dealers (corpus magnariorum), freed from fear and crisis, has set up [this] fine statue in bronze to him, under the supervision of Flavius Respectus Panckarius Sabinianus Palassius and Flavius Florentius, men of perfectissimus rank, supervisors of the guild of wholesale dealers, to a deserving patron.
