Base for statue of Valens, emperor. Lilybaeum (Sicilia). 365-378.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lilybaeum
Province:
Sicilia
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Uncertain provenance
Current Location:
Marsala, entrance hall of Palazzo Municipale (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
160
Width(cm):
48
Depth(cm):
55
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valens
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Marcus Valerius Quintianus, governor of Sicilia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
365
Latest :
378
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 7230
Marino, R., 'Su alcune iscrizioni latine del palazzo municipale di Marsala', Kωκαλoς. Studi pubblicati dall’Istituto di storia antica dell’Università di Palermo, 24, Palermo 1978, 110-11 no. 5
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[I]mp(eratori) Caesari / d(omino) n(ostro) Fl(avio) Valenti, / pio, felici, semper / Augusto, / M(arcus) Valerius / Quintianus, / v(ir) c(larissimus), cons(ularis) p(rovinciae) S(iciliae), / clementiae / pietatique eius / semper dicatis/simus.
Trans:
To the emperor Caesar, our lord Flavius Valens, pious, fortunate, forever Augustus; Marcus Valerius Quintianus, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of the province of Sicily, forever most dedicated to his clemency and piety.
