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LSA-1507

Lost base for statue of Genius (tutelary god) of the First Cohort; erected by a prefect of the watch. Rome. Late third-early fourth century.

PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:	Roma	Province:	Roma			Region:	Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:	Found in 1644 during works at palace of the Savelli, in piazza dei SS. Apostoli
Current Location:	Lost
OBJECT
Object:	Base	Material:	Unknown			Re-Use?	Unknown
Form:	Rectangular	Height(cm):		Width(cm):		Depth(cm):
Language:	Latin	Text Type:	Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:	The Genius of the first cohort	Position:	Deities, Personifications and Heroes			Gender:	Male
Awarder:	Au(relius?) Maximilianus, prefect of the watch (praefectus vigilum)	Position:	Other Officials of Rome
DATE
Earliest:	270	Latest :	337
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 233
INSCRIPTION
Text:	Genio / cohh(ortis) (sic, for ‘cohortis’) primae, / Au(relius?) Maximilianus, / vir clarissimus, / praef(ectus) vigilibus.			Trans:	To the Genius of the first cohort. Au(relius?) Maximilianus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the watch, [set this up].

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