Base for posthumous statue of Iunius Bassus, prefect of the City. Falerii Novi (Tuscia et Umbria). 364.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Falerii Novi
Province:
Tuscia et Umbria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Found in exhedra of thermal complex in private villa, località Ponte Ritorto
Current Location:
Civita Castellana, in moat that surrounds Forte del Sangallo, E side
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble, coloured
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
155
Width(cm):
80
Depth(cm):
80
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Iunius Bassus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome or Constantinople
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not named
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
364
Latest :
364
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1964, 203
Di Stefano Manzella, I., "Falerii Novi", Supplementa Italica, N.S. 1, Rome 1981, n. 13
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Theoctenii Bassi. / Iunio Basso, v(iro) c(larissimo), / comiti ordinis / primi, vicario /(5) Urbis Romae, / praefecto Urbi, / iudici sacrarum cocnitionum (sic), / filio Iuni Bassi, v(iri) c(larissimi), / praefecti praeto/rio per annos (10)/ XIIII et consulis ordinari. // Dedicata / XV Kal(endas) Aug(ustas) / divo Ioviano / et Varronia/no conss(ulibus).
Trans:
[Statue of] Theoctenius Bassus. To Iunius Bassus, of clarissimus rank, count of the first order, vicar of the City of Rome, prefect of the CIty, judge in the imperial court of appeal, son of Iunius Bassus, of clarissimus rank, praetorian prefect for fourteen years and consul (consul ordinarius). (On the left side): Dedicated on the 15th day before the Kalends of August, under the consulship of the divine Jovian and of Varronianus.
