Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Thibilis (Numidia). 313
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thibilis
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found in the forum
Current Location:
Guelma, museum
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
80
Width(cm):
51
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Valerius Paulus, governor of Numidia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
313
Latest :
313
MAIN REFERENCE
Pflaum, H., Inscriptions Latines de l'Algérie, T. 2: Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des suburbures, vol. 2, Algiers 1976, no. 4673
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 482, no. 6
To the emperor Caesar, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, unconquered, pious, fortunate Augustus, highest priest, holding tribunician power nine times, thrice consul, acclaimed victor (imperator) seven times, father of the fatherland, proconsul. Valerius Paulus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Numidia, devoted to their divine spirit and majesty, set [this] up with public funds [and] dedicated [it].
