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LSA-1535 Small fragment, probably of base for statue, set up by 'Basilius', consul and prefect of the City. Rome. 484.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Quirinal, found during excavation for sewer in via Nazionale towards piazza dei SS. Apostoli, it was inserted into later foundations
Current Location: Antiquario del Celio (CIL, seen in 1996)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 29 Width(cm): 27 Depth(cm): 15
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Name lost Position: Gender: Unknown
Awarder: 'Basilius' (name largely lost), consul and prefect of the City Position: High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest: 484 Latest : 484
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 31957=41420
INSCRIPTION
Text: ------ / [---]+[---] / [---]AM[---] / [Deciu?]s Basili[us, v(ir) c(larissimus) et inl(ustris)], / [praef(ectus)] urbi, cons(ul) [ord(inarius), ---].

 Trans: ... Decius Basilius, of clarissimus and illustrious rank, prefect of the City, consul ordinarius...
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