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LSA-2308 Base for statue of Marcus Aelius Candidianus, provincial governor and patron. Sufetula (Byzacena). Late third to early fourth century








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Sufetula Province: Byzacena Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found near the Byzantine fortress to the south of the city
Current Location: Not recorded
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Unknown Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Unknown Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Marcus Aelius ... Candidianus, governor (almost certainly of Byzacena) Position: Provincial Governors Gender: Male
Awarder: Council (ordo) of Segermes, and ... Severus, priest and curator of the city Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 280 Latest : 400
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1954, 59

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 311

INSCRIPTION
Text: M(arco) Ael[io ---] Candidia[no], / c(larissimo) v(iro), pr[ov --- con]sulari, pa/tro[no, --- or]d(o) splendidis-/[simus rei publicae Su]fetulensium, / (5) [ob insignem a]morem in / [cives, ---] memoriae / [---]ule / [---] Severus, v(ir) e(gregius), fl(amen) p(er)p(etuus), / [curator] rei publicae, statuam de suo /(10) fecit. Trans: To Marcus Aelius Candidianus, of clarissimus rank, ... governor (consularis) of the province…, patron …; the most splendid council (ordo) of the city of Sufetula … to the memory of his remarkable affection towards its citizens ... Severus, of egregius rank, priest in perpetuity, curator of the city, set up this statue with his own funds.
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