Base for statue of Valerius Publicola, governor of Campania and city patron. Beneventum (Campania). Fourth to earlier fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Beneventum
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found near entrance of church of S. Maria di Constantinopoli
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:
Valerius Publicola, governor of Campania
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and people (ordo et populus) of Beneventum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
333
Latest :
450
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 1591
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Amanti omnium et amato omnibus, / nobili pariter ac iusto, Valerio Publi/colae, c(larissimo) v(iro), cons(ulari) Campaniae, ab atavis / patrono, splendidissimus ordo Beneventanus / et honestissmus populus statuendam / decrevit.
Trans:
To the lover of all and loved by all, equally noble and just, Valerius Publicola, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Campania, patron by descent of his great-great-grandfathers; the most splendid council (ordo) of Beneventum and the most honest people decreed [the statue] to be set up.
