Plaque from base for statue of Gratian, emperor. Emerita Augusta (Lusitania). 367-383
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Emerita Augusta
Province:
Lusitania
Region:
Iberian peninsula
Details:
Found in 2004, reused in a secondary context, in the residential area called 'Las AbadÃas'
Current Location:
No published record
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
75
Width(cm):
61
Depth(cm):
5
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Gratian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Octavius Clarus, vicarius of the Spanish provinces
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
367
Latest :
383
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 2005, 765
Hispania epigraphica, Madrid, 14, 34
INSCRIPTION
Text:
D(omino) n(ostro) Fl(avio) Gratiano, / pio, felici, victo/ri ac triumfa/tori, semper Au/gusto. Octavius / (6) Clarus, v(ir) c(larissimus), agens / vicariam p(rae)fec/turam, famu/lus eius, posuit.
Trans:
To our lord Flavius Gratianus, pious, fortunate, victorious and triumphant, forever Augustus. Octavius Clarus, of clarissimus rank, acting deputy of the prefecture (agens vicariam praefecturam), his servant, set this up.
