Fragmentary plaque, probably from base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Venusia (Apulia et Calabria). 317-320.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Venusia
Province:
Apulia et Calabria
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found in 1988 in church of SS. Trinita, in 6th c context
Current Location:
Lower fragment is in Museo Archeologico (inv. no. 391.136); upper fragment is in warehouse of Castle (inv. no. 391.136)
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
77
Width(cm):
42
Depth(cm):
4
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and people (ordo et populus) of Venusium
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
317
Latest :
320
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1995, 348
Silvestrini, M., 'Venosa. Una nuova epigrafe di Costantino e il recente recupero di un "corrector Apuliae et Calabriae". ', Scienze dell’antichità. Storia. archeologia, antropologia 6, Rome 1992-1993, pp. 120-130
Chelotti, M., "Venusia", Supplementa Italica, N.S. 20, Rome 2003, n. 7
The emperor Caesar Valerius Constantinus the greatest, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus, highest pontiff (pontifex maximus), greatest victor over the Sarmatians (Sarmaticus maximus), greatest victor over the Germanic peoples (Germanicus maximus), greatest victor over the Goths (Gothicus maximus), with tribunician powers for the 14th time, emperor for the 14th (?) time, consul for the fourth time, father of the country, proconsul (…) in his name the (…) of the people of Venusium (…), under the care of Nonius Verus, of clarissimus rank, (…) to his divine spirit and majesty; the councillors and people of Venusium …
