Slab from base for statue of Rufius Praetextatus Postumianus, consul and prefect of the City. From Rome. 448.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Rome, Uncertain provenance
Current Location:
Florence, Museo Archeologico
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
82
Width(cm):
62
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Rufius Praetextatus Postumianus, consul and prefect of the City
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not named
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
448
Latest :
448
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1761 (+p. 4754)
Granino Cerere, M. G., Supplementa Italica - Imagines. Roma (CIL VI) 3, Collezioni Fiorentine, Rome 2008, n. 3505
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[[Rufius Praetextatus]] / Postumianus, v(ir) c(larissimus), filius / magnifici viri Mariniani, / praefecti praetorio /(5) et consulis ordinarii, / quaestor candidatus, / praetor urbanus, tribunus / et notarius praetorianus, / praefectus urbi secundo, /(10) consul ordinarius, quos / tantos ac tales honores / primo aetatis suae flore / promeruit.
Trans:
Rufius Praetextatus Postumianus, of clarissimus rank, son of the distinguished man Marinianus, praetorian prefect and consul ordinarius, candidate to the quaestorship, urban praetor, pratorian tribune and notary , prefect of the City for the second time, consul ordinarius, who deserved so many and such important honours at his early youth.
