Base for statue of Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius, governor of Campania and city patron. From Formia (Campania). 350-360.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Formia
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Formia, uncertain provenance
Current Location:
Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, courtyard, Inv. Nr. 3609
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
118
Width(cm):
80
Depth(cm):
68
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and people (ordo et populus) of Formia
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
350
Latest :
360
MAIN REFERENCE
Camodeca, G. et al., Catalogo delle iscrizioni latine del Museo nazionale di Napoli , Naples 2000, 593
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 6083
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Quịntọ Clodiọ / Hermogẹni[ano], / v(iro) c(larissimo), cons(ulari) Cam[p(aniae)], / ordo et popul[us] / Formianus / patrono praest[an]/tissimo.
Trans:
To Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Campania; the council (ordo) and people of Formia, to a most outstanding patron, [set this up].
