Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Cirta (Numidia). 314-337
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cirta
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found reused in the minaret of the great mosque
Current Location:
Probably still at its findspot
OBJECT
Object:
Unknown
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
45
Width(cm):
60
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Vettius Florentinus, rationalis of Numidia and the Mauretanias
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
317
Latest :
324
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. 586
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 389, no. 3
... forever Augustus. Vettius Florentinus, of perfectissimus rank, rationalis of Numidia and the Mauretania, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].