Base for statue of Laenatius Romulus, governor and patron. Sabratha (Tripolitania). 324-326.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Sabratha
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Sabratha Museum and Forum
Current Location:
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
105
Width(cm):
51
Depth(cm):
53
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Laenatius Romulus, governor of Tripolitania
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) and people (plebs) of Sabratha
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
324
Latest :
326
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 491-3, no. 95, fig. 10.112
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, 101 with 102
To...of military...from his earliest (?) years...man of wonderful (?) justice and total (?) honesty, Laenatius Romulus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses); the council (ordo) and people (plebs) of Sabratha [set up] this statue to their most worthy patron, with Pompeius Leontius, of perfectissimus rank, curator rei publicae, overseeing the work.
