Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor; erected by the barge-owners and ship-owners (caudicarii navicularii). Ostia (hinterland of Rome). 312-324.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ostia
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Found in 1589, reported as having been discovered 'near the Tiber' (CIL)
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The barge-owners and the ship-owners (caudicarii navicularii) of Ostia
Position:
Guilds
DATE
Earliest:
312
Latest :
324
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 687
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XIV, 131
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Restitutori publicae / libertatis, defensori / urbis Romae, communis / omnium salutis auctori, /(5) d(omino) n(ostro) Imp(eratori) Fl(avio) Val(erio) Constantino, / pio, felici, invicto, semper Aug(usto). / Codicari(i) nabiculari(i!) / infernates, devoti n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) eius, / curante Aur(elio) Victoriano, v(iro) p(erfectissimo), /(10) praef(ecto) ann(onae).
Trans:
To the restorer of public freedom, defender of the City of Rome, founder of the general common welfare (communis omnium salutis auctor), our lord emperor Flavius Valerius Constantinus, pious, fortunate, unconquered, forever Augustus. The entering members of the guilds of the barge-owners and of the ship-owners, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty (set this up), under the care of Aurelius Victorianus, of perfectissimus rank, prefect of the annona).
