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LSA-1945 Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Thibica (Africa Proconsularis). 308-309








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Thibica 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: Constantine I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Thibica Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 308 Latest : 309
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 23118

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 190, n. 3
INSCRIPTION
Text: Flavio Valerio / Constantino, pio, / fel(ici) Aug(usto), pont(ifici) / max(imo), trib(unicia) pot(estate) / (5) IV, p(atri) p(atriae), proco(n)s(uli), / municipium Thi/bicaensium (sic), de/votum numin(i) maies/tatique eius, / d(ecreto) d(ecurionum), p(ecunia) p(ublica). Trans: To Flavius Valerius Constantinus, pious, fortunate Augustus, highest priest, holding tribunician power for the fourth time, father of the fatherland, proconsul. The city (municipium) of Thibica, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up] by decree of the councillors, with public funds.
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