Base for statue of Autonius Iustinianus, provincial governor. Venafrum (Samnium). Mid-fourth century, possibly 350-364
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Venafrum
Province:
Samnium
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Uncertain provenance
Current Location:
Now in ‘chiostro dei Cappuccini’ at Venafrum (without published inv. no.).
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
94
Width(cm):
59
Depth(cm):
54
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Autonius Iustinianus, governor of Samnium
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People (populus) of Venafrum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
346
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 4858
Capini, S., Molise. Repertorio delle Iscrizioni Latine. VII: Venafrum, Campobasso 1999, n. 22
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Statuam Autonio / Iustiniano, praesidi pro/vinciae Samnitium re/luctanti, congregata /(5) omni multitudine civita/tis, fusis praecibus (sic, for ‘precibus’) ut suscipe/ret, Venafranae urbis popu/lus conlocavit ob merita qui/bus una cum splendidissimo or/dine statum iam conlap/sum pro beatitudine saecu/li reparavit.
Trans:
Statue to Autonius Iustinianus, the reluctant governor (praeses) of the province of Samnium; the whole multitude of the city had gathered so that he might accept it because of their common desire; the people of the city of Venafra set it up because of the merits by which, together with the most splendid ordo, he restored the status which was already fallen/destroyed, a contribution to the beauty of our times. (transl. U. Gehn)
