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LSA-2258 Base for statue of Maximian, emperor. Lambaesis (Numidia). 286-293








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Lambaesis Province: Numidia Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found in the military camp
Current Location: Possibly at its findspot
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Re-Use? Other
Form: Unknown Height(cm): 103 Width(cm): 60 Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Maximian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Aurelius Diogenes, governor of Numidia Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 286 Latest : 293
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 2574
INSCRIPTION
Text: [[Piissimo imp(eratori),]] / [[Maximiano,]] / invicto Aug(usto), / ac super omnes / (5) retro principes / fortissimo, prin/cipi suo, Aurelius / Diogenes, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), p(raeses) p(rovinciae) N(umidiae), / numini eius di/catissimus. Trans: To the most pious emperor, Maximinianus, unconquered Augustus and, above all earlier rulers, most powerful; Aurelius Diogenes, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Numidia, most devoted to his divine spirit, [set this up] to his emperor.
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