Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Cirta (Numidia). 313-315
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cirta
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Precise findspot unknown
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Unknown
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
58
Width(cm):
50
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Iulius Iuvenalis, rationalis of Numidia and the Mauretanias
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
313
Latest :
315
MAIN REFERENCE
Pflaum H.-G., Inscriptions latines de l'Algérie. 2, Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des Suburbures. [1, Rusicade et région de Rusicade, Cirta, Castellum celtianum, Caldis, Castellum tidditanorum], Paris, 1957, no. 581
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 389, no. 3
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Restitutori libe[rtatis] / et conservatori t[otius orbis], / d(omino) n(ostro) Flavio Val(erio) Cons[tantino], / victoriosissimo et m[aximo] / (5) Aug(usto), Iulius Iuvenal[is, v(ir) p(erfectissimus], / rat(ionalis) Numidiae et Mau[reta]/niarum, d(evotus) n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) ei[us].
Trans:
To the restorer of freedom and preserver of the whole world, our lord Flavius Valerius Constantinus, most victorious and greatest Augustus. Iulius Iuvenalis, of perfectissimus rank, rationalis of Numidia and the Mauretanias, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
