Lost base for statue of Decius Marius Venantius Basilius, consul and prefect of the City. Rome, Colosseum. 484.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Colosseum
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:
Decius Marius Venantius Basilius, consul and prefect of the City
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not named
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
484
Latest :
484
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1716a=32094a (+p. 4342)
Orlandi, S., Roma. Anfiteatri e strutture annesse con una nuova edizione e commento delle iscrizioni del Colosseo. Epigrafia anfiteatrale dell’Occidente romano 6, Rome 2004, 51-66 n. 5
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Venanti, / v(iri) c(larissimi), / co(n)s(ulis). / Decius Marius Ve/nantius Basilius, /(6) v(ir) c(larissimus) et inl(ustris), praefectus / urbi, patricius, cons(ul) / ordinarius, arenam / et podium quae abomi/nandi terrae motus /(11) ruina prostra/vit, sumptu proprio restituit.
Trans:
[Statue of] Venantius, of clarissimus rank, consul. Decius Marius Venantius Basilius, of clarissimus and illustrious rank, prefect of the City, patrician, consul, restored with his own wealth the arena and podium which an abomindable earthquake threw to the ground in ruin.
