Base for statue of Flavius Petasius, former governor of Tripolitania, patron of Lepcis. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). Mid to later fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, east colonnade
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
131
Width(cm):
74
Depth(cm):
73.5
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Petasius, former governor of Tripolitania
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) and people (populus) of Lepcis Magna
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
303
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 383-5, no. 37, figs. 7.14, 10.43, pl. XII
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. 566
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Petasii. / Eximiae integritatis et / inconparabilis prudentiae / ac totius bonitatis viro, /(5) Fl(avio) Petasio, v(iro) p(erfectissimo), ex praesidibus / provinciae Tripolitanae, / ordo splendidissimae / civitatis Lepcimagnensis / decreto suo et populi /(10) sufragiis, memor me/ritorum in se ab eius prae/stantia conlatorum, /(13) statuam in foro novo Seve/riano ad perpetuitatis memo/riam patrono dignissimo / posuit.
Trans:
(Statue of) Petasius. To a man of outstanding integrity and incomparable prudence as well as of every goodness, Flavius Petasius, of perfectissimus rank, former governor (ex praeside) of the province of Tripolitania. The council (ordo) of the most splendid city of Lepcis Magna, by its own decree and by acclamation of the people, mindful of the merits conferred upon them by his excellence, set up a statue in the new Severan forum, for the memory of eternity, to a most worthy patron.
