Plaque, probably from base for statue, with dedication to Maximian and Constantius I, emperors. Rome. 302-303.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Quirinal, found during works on via XX Settembre near crossing with via Firenze
Current Location:
Unrecorded location
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Maximian and Constantius I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Nummius Tuscus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
302
Latest :
303
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 31378b (+p. 4344)
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, 643
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Pace ac bello maxim[is ---] / dominis nostris, M(arco) Au[r(elio) Val(erio) Maximiano], / pio, felici, Augusto, semper [---] / Flavio Valerio Constant[io, nobilissimo Caes(ari)], /(5) pietate eorum et cle[mentia ---] / aucto honore conseṛ[vatus---]. / Nummius Tuscus, v(ir) c(larissimus), pra[ef(ectus) urbi], / curator aquarum et [Miniciae], / numini eorum sem[per devotus].
Trans:
To our lords, greatest in peace and war, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, pious, Fortunate, Augustus, forever …, and Flavius Valerius Constantius, most noble Caesar, with their devotion and clemency… honour augmented… Nummius Tuscus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the City, supervisor of the aqueducts and of the porticus Minicia, forever devoted to their divine spirit [set this up].
