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LSA-1652 Base for statue (subject unstated), re-erected by Flavius Alexander Cresconius, prefect of the annona. From Portus (hinterland of Rome). 425-450.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Portus Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Portus, found near Fossa Traianea, originally from the Porticus Placidiana
Current Location: Ostia, Piccolo Mercato
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 109 Width(cm): 54 Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Not stated Position: Gender: Unknown
Awarder: Flavius Alexander Cresconius, prefect of the annona Position: Other Officials of Rome
DATE
Earliest: 425 Latest : 450
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 805

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XIV, 140

Thylander, H., Inscriptions du port d'Ostie, Lund 1952, B, 327

INSCRIPTION
Text: Salvis dd(ominis) nn(ost)ris / Theodosio et Placido / Valentiniano, / p(er)p(etuis) Aauugg(ustis), /(5) Fl(avius) [Al]ẹxander Cresconius, / v(ir) c(larissimus), praef(ectus) ann(onae) urb(is) Rom(ae), / ad ornatum porticus / Placidianae posuit.

 Trans: With our lords Theodosius [II] and Placidus Valentinianus, perpetual Augusti, being well, Flavius Alexander Cresconius, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the annona of Rome, placed [it] for the embellishment of the porticus Placidiana.
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