Base for statue of Claudius Petronius Probus, consul; erected to their patron by the regions and guilds of Capua. Capua (Campania). 350-400.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Capua
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found in 1955 during works on casa Angeloni, in front of the Duomo
Current Location:
Museo Campano, Cortile secondario no. 5
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
111
Width(cm):
65.5
Depth(cm):
67
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Claudius Petronius Probus, consul
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Regions and guilds (collegia) of Capua
Position:
City Regions
DATE
Earliest:
350
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1972, 76
Chioffi, L., Museo Provinciale Campano di Capua. La Raccolta Epigrafica, vol. I, Capua 2005, 111b
Barbieri, G., Nuove iscrizioni di Capua, Terza Miscellanea Greca e Romana (= Studi pubblicati dall’istituto Italiano per la storia antica 21), Roma 1971, 298-305 no. II figs. 4-6
To Claudius Petronius Probus, of clarissimus rank, governor (proconsul) of Africa, and, at one and the same time, thriving through the praetorian prefecture and also being consul (consul ordinarius), outstanding in nobility and generosity, patron by descent; the regions … and guilds set [this] up.‘
