Base for statue of Flavius Aelius Victorinus, governor of Numidia and city patron. Cuicul (Numidia). Later third to early fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cuicul
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found in Capitolium square
Current Location:
Where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
100
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Aelius Victorinus, governor of Numidia and patron of Cuicul
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of the colony of Cuicul
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
262
Latest :
320
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1908, 240
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, 7900
[Statue of] Probatus. To Flavius Aelius Victorinus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Numidia; the most magnificent council (ordo) of the colony of the Cuiculitani [set this up] to its patron, by decree of the councillors.
