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LSA-1845 Base for statue of ...vius Bassus, governor of Lucania et Bruttii. Paestum (Lucania et Bruttii). Late third to early fourth century








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Paestum Province: Lucania et Bruttii Region: Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details: Found in 1968 during works at the church
Current Location: Museum of Paestum
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 68.5 Width(cm): 73 Depth(cm): 61
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: ---vius Bassus, governor of Lucania et Bruttii Position: Provincial Governors Gender: Male
Awarder: Councillors of Paestum Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 280 Latest : 330
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1975, 261a

Mello, M, Vozza, G. , Le Iscrizioni Latine di Paestum , Naples 1968, n. 110
INSCRIPTION
Text: [L(ocus) d(atus)] d(ecreto) d(ecurionum). / [-]ṿio Basso, v(iro) p(erfectissimo), corr(ectori) / [re]gionum Lucaniae/ [et] Brittiorum, ob res/[ta]uratione aqueduc/[tus---].

Trans: [Place assigned] by a decree of the councillors. To …vius Bassus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (corrector) of the region of Lucania et Bruttium , on account of the restoration of the aqueduct…
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