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LSA-1899 Base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Thibaris (Africa Proconsularis). 287-289








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Thibaris Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Precise findspot unknown
Current Location: No record
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Diocletian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Thibaris Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 287 Latest : 289
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 26181

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 189, n. 1
INSCRIPTION
Text: Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) C(aio) Vale/rio Diocletiano, / pio, felici Aug(usto), / pontifici max(imo), / (5) trib(unicia) pot(estate), co(n)s(uli) / III, p(atri) p(atriae), proco(n)s(uli), / res p(ublica) munic[i]/pi(i) Mariani / Thibaritanorum, / (10) devot(a) numi[ni] / [maiestatiq(ue) eius]. Trans: To the emperor Caesar Caius Valerius Diocletianus, pious, fortunate Augustus, highest priest, holding tribunician power, consul three times, father of the fatherland, proconsul. The community of the Marian city (municipium) of Thibaris, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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