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LSA-1759 Base for statue of Gratian, emperor. Mactaris (Byzacena). 367-383, perhaps 367/8








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Mactaris Province: Byzacena Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found in 1889, re-used in the Christian basilica of Rutilius
Current Location: No recent record
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Gratian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Lucius Popilius Honoratus, priest and curator of the city Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 367 Latest : 383
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII 11808
INSCRIPTION
Text: D(omino) n(ostro) / Fl(avio) Gratiano, p(io), f(elici), / senper (sic) Aug(usto) (palm), / numini m(aiestatique) eius. / (5) L(ucius) Popilius Honoratus, / fl(amen) p(er)p(etuus), cur(ator) r(ei) p(ublicae), una / cum splendi(di)ssimo / ordine, posuit et dedi/cavit (palm). Trans: To our lord Flavius Gratianus, pious, fortunate, forever Augustus [and] to his divine spirit and majesty. Lucius Popilius Honoratus, priest in perpetuity, curator of the city, along with the most splendid council (ordo), set this up and dedicated it.
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