Base for bronze statue of Iunius Quartus Palladius, consul and praetorian prefect; erected by his brother. Rome. 416-421.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Set up in his house. Found on Aventine on the via di S. Sabina, approx 20 m from church by monastery of S. Anselmo; it was private house
Current Location:
Capitoline museum, Giardino Caffarelli, inv. n. 2255
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
123
Width(cm):
61
Depth(cm):
61
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Iunius Quartus Palladius, consul and praetorian prefect
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
His brother (not named)
Position:
Family Members
DATE
Earliest:
416
Latest :
421
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1928, 80
Gordon, A. E., Album of Dated Latin Inscriptions, vol. 3, Berkeley 1965, pp. 166-168
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 41383
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Iunii Quarti Palladii, v(iri) c(larissimi). / Amplissimorum honorum magnitu/dine et nobilitate conspicuo, / Iunio Quarto Palladio, clarissimo /(5) et inl(ustri) viro, avorum honores super/gresso et diu in rep(ublica) perseveranti, / praet(ori) et quaest(ori) kandidato, not(ario) et trib(uno), / com(iti) sacrar(um) larg(itionum), praef(ecto) praetorii / per annos sex Illyrici, Italiae et /(10) Africae, consuli ordinario, legato / Senatus amplissimi quarto. Eius / statuam ob egregiam propinqui/tatis affectionem ad decorem / domus germanus eius inter se /(15) ac suos locari constituique / ius habuit.
Trans:
[Statue of] Iunius Quartus Palladius, of clarissimus rank. To a man distinguished in the greatness and nobility of his most outstanding honours, Iunius Quartus Palladius, of clarissimus and illustrious rank, who surpassed the honours of his ancestors and was continually abiding by the res publica, praetor and quaestor ( praetori et quaestori kandidato), notary and tribune, count of the imperial treasury (comes sacrarum largitionum), praetorian prefect of Illyricum, Italy and Africa for six years, consul (consul ordinarius), legate of the most outstanding Senate four times. Because of the strong affection of their kinship, and for the adornment of his house, his brother considered fair to place and set up a statue of him among himself and his family.
