Base for statue of Lucilius Constantius, governor of Tuscia et Umbria. Luna (Tuscia et Umbria). Mid to late fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Luna
Province:
Tuscia et Umbria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Found re-used in underground chapel underneath church of S. Marco
Current Location:
La Spezia, Museo Archeologico
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
67.5
Width(cm):
65.5
Depth(cm):
36.5
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucilius Constantius, governor of Tuscia et Umbria
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and citizens (ordo et cives) of Luna
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
366
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 1252
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 6958
Bertinelli, A. and A. Frova, Marmora Lunensia Erratica, Sarzana 1983, pp. 196-197
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Ex decreto, ordo Lunens(ium) / et cives, inmortalibus / beneficiis relevati, ob memo/riam posteritati tradendam /(5) statuam collocarunt Lucilio / Costantio, praesidi Mauritaniae / et Tincitaniae (sic, pro Tingitanae), v(iro) c(larissimo), consulari / Tusciae et Umbriae.
Trans:
By decree, the council and citizens of Luna, having received relief through [his] undying services, set up this statue to pass on [his] memory to posterity, to Lucilius Constantius, governor (praeses) of Mauretania and Tingitana, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Tuscia and Umbria.
