Base for statue of Theodosius I, emperor. Mustis (Africa Proconsularis). 379-382
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Mustis
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found re-used in the Byzantine fortress
Current Location:
Probably at its findspot
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
96
Width(cm):
41
Depth(cm):
38
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Theodosius I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Helvius Vindicianus, governor of Africa, and Caius Felicius Torquatius, legate of Numidia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
379
Latest :
382
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, Paris, 1968, no. 602
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Propagatori Ro/mani imperii, do/mitori gentium bar/bararum, conditori / (5) legum, / d(omino) n(ostro) Theodosio, perpe/tuo ac semper A[u]g(usto), / Helvius Vindicia/nus, v(ir) c(larissimus), ampl(issimus)q(ue) pro[c(o(n)sul)] / (10) p(rovinciae) Africae), v(ice) s(acra) i(udicans), cum C(aio) Feli[cio] / Torquatio, [v(iro)] c(larissimo), leg(ato) / provinci[ae N]umi/diae, suo n[um]ini / maiestatiq(ue) eius / (15) semper dicatus.
Trans:
To our lord Theodosius, extender of the Roman empire, vanquisher of barbarian tribes, lawmaker, perpetual and forever Augustus. Helvius Vindicianus, of clarissimus rank and greatest governor (proconsul) of the province of Africa, judge in place of the emperor, with Caius Felicius Torquatius, [also] of clarissimus rank, [his] legate of the province of Numidia, always devoted to [the emperor's] divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
