Base for statue of Marcus Caecilius Novatilianus, city patron. Beneventum (Campania). Mid- to late third century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Beneventum
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
First recorded near house of archpresbyter
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Marcus Caecilius Novatilianus, patron of Beneventum
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Beneventum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
250
Latest :
300
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 1571
INSCRIPTION
Text:
M(arco) Caecilio Novatiliano, / cur(atori), /(3) poetae et oratori in/lustri, v(iro) c(larissimo), allecto in/ter consulares, praesi/di prov(inciae) Mo[e]s(iae), quaesto/ri Af[ric]ae, praefecto /(8) iuris d(icundi) Hispaniae cit(erioris) et / Calabriae. /(10) Splendidissimus ordo Beneven/tanorum privatim et pub/licae (sic, for ‘publice’) patrocinio eius sae/pe denfensi, p(ublice) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum).
Trans:
To Marcus Caeciulius Novatilianus, curator, illustrious poet and orator, of clarissimus rank, adlected among the consulares, governor (praeses) of the province of Moesia, quaestor of Africa, overseer of the legal courts (praefectus iure dicundo) of Hither Spain and Calabria, the most splendid council of Beneventum, protected privately and publicly by his patronage, by a decree of the councillors, publicly [set this up].
