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LSA-1885 Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Semta (Africa Proconsularis). 314--315








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Semta Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Precise find-spot unknown
Current Location: No record
OBJECT
Object: Material: Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantine I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Annaeus Saturninus, curator of Semta Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 314 Latest : 315
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 23116

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 155, n. 3
INSCRIPTION
Text: Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Flavio Constan/tino, maximo, pio, fel(ici), / invicto Augusto, / pont(ifici) max(imo), Ger(manico) max(imo), / (5) Sar(matico) max(imo), Brit(annico) max(imo), / Per(sico) max(imo), A(d)iab(enico) max(imo), / Med(ico) max(imo), Gotico max(imo), / trib(unicia) pot(estate) X, co(n)suli) IIII, imp(eratori) VIIII, / p(atri) p(atriae), procons(uli), / (10) Annaeus Saturninus, cur(ator) r(ei) p(ublicae), / devotus numini eorum (sic) / inposuit, d(ecreto) d(ecurionum), p(ecunia) p(ublica). Trans: To the emperor Caesar Flavius Constantinus, the greatest, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus, chief priest, greatest victor over the Germans, greatest victor over the Sarmatians, greatest victor over the Britons, greatest victor over the Persians, greatest victor over the Adiabeni, greatest victor over the Medians, greatest victor over the Goths, holding tribunician power ten times, consul four times, acclaimed victor (imperator) nine times, father of the fatherland, proconsul. Annaeus Saturninus, curator of the city, devoted to their divine spirit and majesty, set this up by decree of the councillors, with public funds.
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