Base for statue of Valentinian I, emperor. Rucuma (Africa Proconsularis). 364-375
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Rucuma
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Precise find-spot unrecorded
Current Location:
No record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
144
Width(cm):
67
Depth(cm):
60
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valentinian I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The curator and council (ordo) of Rucuma
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
364
Latest :
375
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, Paris, 1981, no. 879
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[D(omino)] n(ostro) Fl(avio) Valentini/[a]no, pio, felici, / victori ac tri/umfatori, sem/per Aug(usto), curator et / (6) ordo mun(icipii) Rucu/me[nsi]um, devoti / numini maiestati/[q]u[e ei]us, p[e]c[unia publica].
Trans:
To our lord Flavius Valentinianus, pious, fortunate, victorious and triumphant, forever Augustus; the curator and the council (ordo) of the city (municipium) of the Rucumenses, [both] devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up] with public funds.
