Base for statue of one of two Magniliani, benefactors: Quintus Vetulenius Urbanus Herennianus, priest and curator, or his son, Magnilianus. Municipium Aurelium Commodianum... (Africa Proconsularis). Late third to fourth century, possibly early fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Municipium Aurelium Commodianum...
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Modern Henchir Bou – Cha (Municipium Aurelium Commodianum)
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Quintus Vetulenius Urbanus Herennianus, priest and curator, or his son, Magnilianus
Position:
Religious Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown, probably the city
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
280
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1894, 51
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, 23965
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 77
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Magnilianorum. / Q(uintus) Vetulenius Urbanus Herennianus, fl(amen) p(er)p(etuus), / cur(ator) r(ei) p(ublicae), apod[y]t[e]rium novum in d[e]xtera / c[e]llis exeuntibus a solo construc/tum et piscinas duas et cetera / (5) restaurata adq(ue) statuis mar/moribus tabulis pictis colum/nis ingressu c[e]llaru(m) alisq(ue) reb(us) orna/ta, sum(p)tu proprio cum Magnilia/no filio suo florentissimo adq(ue) / (10) prudentissimo adulescenti, voto om/nium civium perfecit adq(ue) dedicavit / et univers(a)e plevi (sic) epulu(m) per tridu(u)m et {et} lu/dos scenicos dedet (sic).
Trans:
[Statue of the] Magniliani. Quintus Vetulenius Urbanus Herennianus, priest in perpetuity, curator of the city, a new changing room (apodyterium) being built by him alone at the chambers by the exit on the right, two other pools being restored, and the chambers and porticoes being decorated with marble statues with painted panels and columns with his own funds and with Magnilianus his son, most flowering and foreseeing young man, he completed and dedicated with the votes of all citizens, and for the whole population he gave a ceremonial banquet for three days and presented theatrical displays.
