Fragmentary plaque from base for statue of Anicia Faltonia Proba, 'wife, daughter and mother of consuls'; erected by two of her sons. From Rome. 395.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Uncertain provenance, seen in Garden of Palazzo Cesi near S. Peter’s
Current Location:
Surviving part now in now in Leiden, Ryksmuseum van Oudheden (inv. Pb 47) (CIL)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose and Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Anicia Faltonia Proba
Position:
Family Members
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Anicius Probinus, consul, and Anicius Probus, candidate for quaestor, sons of the honorand
Position:
Family Members
DATE
Earliest:
395
Latest :
395
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1754 (+p. 4752)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Consimiles fratrum trabeis gestamina honorum / tertia quae derant (sic for ‘gerant’) addidimus titulis, / dilectae Probus haec persolvo munera matri, / restituens statuis praemia quae dederat. // Aniciae Faltoniae / Probae, Amnios, Pincios /(5) Aniciosque decoranti, / consulis uxori, / consulis filiae, / consulum matri. / Anicius Probinus, v(ir) c(larissimus), /(10) consul ordinarius, / et Anicius Probus, v(ir) c(larissimus), / quaestor candidatus, / filii devincti / maternis meritis /(15) dedicarunt.
Trans:
Something similar to the consular robes of us brothers, the cloaks of honour, the third which they held, we present with this inscription; I, Probus, fulfil these duties towards my beloved mother, repaying with statues the gifts that she had given. To Anicia Faltonia Proba, an adornment of the Amnii, the Pincii and the Anicii, wife of a consul, daughter of a consul, mother of consuls. Anicius Probinus, of clarissimus rank, consul, and Anicius Probus, of clarissimus rank, quaestor (quaestor candidatus), sons overwhelmed by their mothers merits, dedicated [this].
