Base for statue of Julian, emperor. Cuicul (Numidia). 361-363
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cuicul
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Old forum
Current Location:
At its findspot
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
110
Width(cm):
77
Depth(cm):
80
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Julian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of the city of Cuicul
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
361
Latest :
363
MAIN REFERENCE
Pflaum, H.-G., Inscriptions Latines de l'Algérie. 2. Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des Suburbures. Vol. 3, Paris 2003, no. 7875
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 410, no. 10
Zimmer, G., Wesch-Klein, G., Locus datus decreto decurionum : zur Statuenaufstellung zweier Forumsanlagen im römischen Afrika, München, 1989, p. 62, C24
To the eternal prince and one who rules everywhere in perpetual majesty, our lord Flavius Claudius Iulianus, victor, forever Augustus; the most splendid council (ordo) of the colony of the Cuiculitani, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
