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LSA-1953 Base for statue of Constantius I, emperor. Ureu (Africa Proconsularis). 305-306








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Ureu Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found re-used in the forum area
Current Location: Probably at its findspot
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Re-Use? Other
Form: Height(cm): 141 Width(cm): 97 Depth(cm): 48
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantius I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Ureu Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 305 Latest : 306
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, Paris, 1974, no. 692

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 238, n. 4
INSCRIPTION
Text: D(omino) n(ostro) Flavio Valerio / Constantio, nobilis/simo Caes(ari), Aug(usto) nost(ro), / (4) municipium Aureli/um Ureu, devotum nu/mini maiestatiq(ue) eius, / d(ecreto) d(ecurionum), p(ecunia) p(ublica). Trans: To our lord Flavius Valerius Constantius, most noble Caesar, our Augustus. The Aurelian city (municipium) of Ureu, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up] by decree of the councillors, with public funds.
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