Base for statues of Constantius I and Galerius, emperors. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 305-306.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, eastern portico, in front of the exedra that leads to the Basilica
Current Location:
in situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
108
Width(cm):
212
Depth(cm):
96
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantius I and Galerius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The people of Lepcis (Lepcitani)
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
305
Latest :
306
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 317-320, no. 3, figs. 7.23, 8.13, 10.3-4
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l’Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, I-II, Paris 1979-1981, vol. II p. 341 with n. 26
Reynolds, J. M. & J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania. In collaboration with S. Aurigemma, R. Bartoccini, G. Caputo, R. Goodchild, P. Romanelli, Roma 1952, no. 462
To the most powerful and most unconquered emperors, our lords Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus, and Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus; the people of Lepcis (Lepcitani), devoted to their divine spirit and majesty, [set this up] with public funds.
