Lost base for statue of Anicia Faltonia Proba; erected by her son and daughter-in-law. Rome. 395.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Uncertain provenance; first recorded as in gardens of Palazzo Cesi near St. Peter’s basilica.
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Anicia Faltonia Proba
Position:
Family Members
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius, consul, and Anicia Juliana, children of the honorand
Position:
Family Members
DATE
Earliest:
395
Latest :
395
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1756 (+p. 4752)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Aniciae Faltoniae, / inlustrissimae et / sanctissimae, / castissimae feminae. /(5) Hermogenianus Olybrius, / v(ir) c(larissimus), consul ordinarius, / et Anicia Iuliana, c(larissima) f(emina), / d(onum) d(ederunt).
Trans:
To Anicia Faltonia, most illustrious and most blessed, most chaste woman. Hermogenianus Olybrius, of clarissimus rank, consul ordinarius, and Anicia Iuliana, of clarisimus rank, presented [this] gift.
