Lost base for bronze statue of Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, prefect of the City; erected to its patron by the guild of bakers (pistores). Rome. 357-360.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Behind Lateran basilica, towards Sancta Sanctorum, re-used in wall; it was possibly from his house
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome or Constantinople
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Guild of bakers (Corpus pistorum magnariorum et castrensariorum)
Position:
Guilds
DATE
Earliest:
357
Latest :
360
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1739 (+p. 4748)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Honori. / Memmio Vitrasio Orfito, v(iro) c(larissimo), / nobilitate et actibus praecipuo, / praefecto urbi et iterum prae/fecto urbi, proconsuli Africae /(6) et tertio sacrarum cognitionum / iudici, comiti ordinis primi iterum / intra consistorium, legato secun/do difficillimis temporibus peti/tu senatus et p(opuli) R(omani), comiti ordinis /(11) secundi expeditiones bellicas / gubernanti, consulari provinciae / Siciliae, pontif(ici) deae Vestae, XV/viro s(acris) f(aciundis), pontif(ici) dei Solis, consuli, /(15) praetori, q(uaestori) [k(andidato)]. / Corpus pistorum Magnariorum / et Castrensariorum statuam / sub aere constituit.
Trans:
(Statue) of Honorius. To Memmius Vitrasius Orfitus, of clarissimus rank, distinguished by birth and deeds, prefect of the city, and again prefect of the city, governor (proconsul) of Africa and three times judge in the imperial court of appeal, count of the first order, and for the second time count in the imperial cabinet, a second legate in difficult times by petition of the Senate and Roman people, count of the second order directing military expeditions, governor (consularis) of the province of Sicily, priest of the goddess Vesta, member of the college of fifteen men for sacred affairs, priest of the Sun god, suffect consul, praetor, quaestor (quaestor candidatus). The corporation of the wholesale and camp bakers set up a bronze statue.
