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LSA-1408 Lost base for gilded bronze statue of Saturninius Secundus Salutius, praetorian prefect; commanded by the emperors. Rome, Forum of Trajan. 365-367.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Found in the area of Forum of Trajan
Current Location: Lost
OBJECT
Object: Base, for gilded statue Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Saturninius Secundus Salutius, praetorian prefect Position: Civilian Imperial Office-Holders Gender: Male
Awarder: Valentinian I and Valens Position: Emperors
DATE
Earliest: 365 Latest : 367
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1764 (+p. 4754)
INSCRIPTION
Text: Saturninio Secundo, v(iro) c(larissimo), / praesidi provinciae Aquitanicae, / magistro memoriae, comiti ordi/nis primi, proconsuli Africae, item /(5) comiti ordinis primi intra con/sistorium et quaestori, praef(ecto) / praetorio iterum. Ob egregia / eius in rem publicam merita, / dd(omini) nn(ostri) Valentinianus et /(10) Valens, victores ac triumfa/tores, semper Augusti, / statuam sub auro consti/tui locarique iusserunt.



 Trans: To Saturninius Secundus, of clarissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Aquitanica, master of memory, count of the first order, governor (proconsul) of Africa, count of the first order among the imperial cabinet and at the same time quaestor, praetorian prefect twice. On account of his outstanding services to the Commonwealth (res publica), our lords Valentinian and Valens, victorious and triumphant, forever Augusti, ordered a statue in gold to be set up and placed [here].
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