Base for gilded bronze statue of Flavius Peregrinus Saturninus, prefect of the City; commanded by the emperors. Rome, Forum of Trajan. First half of the fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Forum of Trajan (see inscription)
Current Location:
Vatican City, Musei Vaticani, Galleria Chiaramonti, inv. no. 1848
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for gilded statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
111
Width(cm):
95
Depth(cm):
80
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Peregrinus Saturninus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome or Constantinople
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unnamed emperors
Position:
Emperors
DATE
Earliest:
400
Latest :
450
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1727 (+p. 4744-5)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fl(avio) Peregrino Saturnino. / A primis adulescentiae suae annis / pace belloque in re publica desu/danti; post iuges excubias militiae /(5) tribuno militum, comiti ordinis / primi, moderanti inlustrem sacri{i} / patrimonii comitivam secundo urbi / praefecto. Cui ob testimonium morum, / integritatis adque iustitiae /(10) singularis inlustris urbanae / praefecturae geminam dignitatem / sacro iudicio aeterni principes / detulerunt meritorumque insignium / contemplatione ad posteritatis /(15) memoriam decorandam statuam sub / auro fulgentem in foro divi Traiani / erigi conlocarique iusserunt.
Trans:
To Fl(avius) Peregrinus Saturninus. To him who, since the early years of his childhood, strives for the Commonwealth (res publica) in peace and war; after continuous turns of service a tribune of the imperial offices (tribunus militum); a count of the first order; supervisor of the illustrious commitee of the imperial patrimony; prefect of the city for the second time. For him on account of the testimony of his unique morals, integrity, and justice the eternal princes conferred with imperial judgement the double office of the illustrious urban prefecture, and in recognition of his remarkable merits ordered a statue, for the embellishment of his memory for posterity, shining in gold, to be erected and placed in the Forum of the Divine Trajan.
