Base for statue of Marcus Caesolius Saturninus, local notable and patron. From Ocriculum (Tuscia et Umbria). 341. Dedicated with LSA-1632.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ocriculum
Province:
Tuscia et Umbria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Otricoli, uncertain provenance
Current Location:
Vatican museums, Galleria Lapidaria
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Marcus Caesolius Saturninus
Position:
Provincial City Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and citizens (ordo et cives) of Ocriculum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
341
Latest :
341
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 5697
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 4097 (+p 1363)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Bonae originis suboli et / sinceritate praecipua praedi/to, M(arco) Caesolio Saturnino, om/nibus honoribus functo, lauda/bili viro, restauratori therma/rum hiemalium cum Sex(to) Cluvio /(7) Martino, fratre suo, pro tantis / meritis erga se ordo et cives splen/didissimae civitatis Ocricolanae /(10) statuam marmoream patro/no dignissimo ad perenne tes/timonium publice / censuerunt /(14) feliciter. // Dedicata XVI Kal(endas) / Decembres / Marcelli/no et Probi/no conss(ulibus).
Trans:
To the offshoot of a good lineage and a man gifted with outstanding integrity, Marcus Caesonius Saturninus, who performed all public magistracies, of laudabilis rank, restorer of the winter baths with Marcus Caesolius Saturninus, his brother. On account of so many services towards them, the councillors and citizens of the most splendid city of Ocriculum publicly and auspiciously decreed [this] marble statue to its most worthy patron, as a perpetual memorial. (On the right side): Dedicated on the 16th Kalends of December, under the consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus. (transl. U. Gehn)
