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LSA-1886 Base for statue of Constantius I, emperor. Semta (Africa Proconsularis). 305-306








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Semta Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found near an 'haouta' in the centre of the ruins
Current Location: No recent record
OBJECT
Object: Material: Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantius I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: The people of Semta (Semtenses) Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 305 Latest : 306
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 23115

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 155, n. 4
INSCRIPTION
Text: Flavio Va/lerio Con/stantio, / (4) nobilissi/mo Caes(ari), / Aug(usto), Se/mte[nse]s, / p[u]b(lice), / d(ecreto) d(ecurionum), p(ecunia) p(ublica). Trans: To Flavius Valerius Constantius, most noble Caesar, Augustus; the Semtenses [set this up] publicly, by decree of the councillors, with public funds.
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