Base for posthumous statue of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, consul designate and praetorian prefect; awarder not mentioned. Rome. 384.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Set up in his home. Found on the Aventine, near church of S. Alessio
Current Location:
Palazzo Massimo, in scale, inserted into wall
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
79
Width(cm):
61
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, consul designate and praetorian prefect
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not mentioned
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
384
Latest :
384
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1777 (+p. 4757)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Vettio Agorio Praetextato, v(iro) c(larissimo) et inl(ustrissimo), / correctori Tusciae et Umbriae, / consulari Lusitaniae, proconsuli / Achaiae, praef(ecto) urb(i), praef(ecto) praetorii /(5) Illyrici, Italiae et Africae, cons(uli) designato, / legato amplissimi ordinis septies / et ad impetrandum reb(us) arduis / semper opposito, / parenti publice privatimq(ue) reverendo; /(10) ut etiam statuae (sic, for 'statua') ipsius domus / honoraret, insignia constitui / locarique curavit.
Trans:
To Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, of clarissimus and most illustrious rank, governor (corrector) of Tuscia et Umbria, governor (consularis) of Lusitania, governor (proconsul) of Achaia, prefect of the City, praetorian prefect of Illyricum, Italy and Africa, designated counsul, legate of the most splendid council seven times and always opposed to procuring hardships, a parent revered publicly and privately; so that even now (this) statue that was honouring his own house, (…) took care that this distinction (insignia) be set up and arranged.
