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LSA-1793
Lost base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Septempeda (Flaminia et Picenum). 285.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Septempeda
Province:
Flaminia et Picenum
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Found on field belonging to abbey of S. Lorenzo in 1772
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Diocletian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Inhabitants of Septempeda (
Septempedani
)
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
285
Latest :
285
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum;
, IX, 5578 and addenda p. 700
Marengo, S.M., Septempeda,
Supplementa Italica. Nuova serie 13
, Roma 1996
, 193-228
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imp(eratori) Caesari / Fl(avio) (sic) Valerio / [D]iocletiano, / [p(io),] f(elici), Aug(usto), pont(ifici) max(imo), / [tr(ibunicia)] pot(estate) II, p(atri) p(atriae), co(n)s(uli) II, / Septempeda(ni).
Trans:
To the emperor Caesar Flavius Valerius Diocletianus, pious, fortunate, Augustus, highest priest (
pontifex maximus
), holder of tribunician power for the second time, father of the fatherland, twice consul; the people of Septempeda [set this up].
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