Base for statue of Clodius Octavianus, city patron. Bovianum (Samnium). Mid-fourth century, before 363.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Bovianum
Province:
Samnium
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found in the cathedral
Current Location:
In garden of church of S. Bartolomeo, the former cathedral
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
137
Width(cm):
57
Depth(cm):
50
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Clodius Octavianus, vicarius of Rome
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Bovianum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
330
Latest :
363
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 1253
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 2566
De Benedittis, G. , Molise. Repertorio delle Iscrizioni Latine. I: Bovianum, Campobasso 1995, n. 8
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Clodio Octavian[o], / v(iro) c(larissimo), pontific[i] / maiori, consula[ri] / Pannoniarum /(5) secundae post / presides primo, / vicario urbis / Romae, / comiti /(10) ordinis primi, / ordo Boviane/nsium patron[o] / iam privato.
Trans:
To Clodius Octavianus, of clarissimus rank, higher pontiff (pontifex maior), governor of consularis of Pannonia Secunda after first being praeses, vicar of the City of Rome, count of the first order; the council (ordo) of Bovianum [set this up] to its patron when a private [man].
