Lost base for statue of Cronius Eusebius, vicarius of Italy; commanded by the emperor. Rome. 399.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Uncertain provenance, probably from Forum of Trajan
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Bilingual
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Cronius Eusebius, vicarius of Italy
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The emperors, at request of the Senate
Position:
Emperors
DATE
Earliest:
399
Latest :
399
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1715 (+p. 4741-2)
Micheli, M. E. 'Un taccuino di un ignoto umanista del XV secolo', Xenia 6, Rome 1983, 70
INSCRIPTION
Text:
(a) Cronio Eusebio, v(iro) c(larissimo), / consulari Aemiliae, addita / praedictae provinciae contuitu / vigilantiae et iustitiae eius, /(5) etiam Ravennatium civitate quae / antea Piceni caput provinciae / videbatur, vicario Italiae quae / potestas supra dicto viro ob testi/monium ante acti honoris est /(10) adtributa petitione senatus / contemplatione vitae atque / eloquentiae eius ab invictissimis / principibus est delata. (b) (below): Ἰταλίης ἄρχοντα σαό[π]τολιν ἐστήσαντο / βου[λὴ κ]αὶ βασι[λ]εὺς τὸν σοφὸν Εὐσέβιον (c) (on the right side): Dedicata / V Idus Novemb(res) / cons(ule) Fl(avio) Mallio / Theodoro, v(iro) c(larissimo).
Trans:
To Cronius Eusebius, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Aemilia, with surveying of the aforenamed province having been added to his vigilance and justice, including even the city of Ravenna which seemed formerly to be the head of the province of Picenum, vicar of Italy over which extra power was allotted to the named man because of the testimony of his previously gained honour, by petition of the Senate (this statue) was bestowed by our most unconquered princes in contemplation of his life and eloquence. (b: below, in Greek) The senate and the emperor (set this up to) the city-healing ruler of Italy, the wise Eusebius (c: on the right side) Dedicated on the fifth day before the Ides of November in the year of the consulship of Fl(avius) Mallius Theodorus, of clarissimus rank.
