Base for statue of Antonius Marcellinus, governor of Africa Proconsularis and city patron. Bulla Regia (Africa Proconsularis). 320-340
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Bulla Regia
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
From the area of the forum, found in the courtyard of the temple of Apollo
Current Location:
In the courtyard of the temple of Apollo
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Antonius Marcellinus, governor of Africa Proconsularis
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Ordo of Bulla Regia
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
320
Latest :
340
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, 25524
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 88 no. 2
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[---il]/lustris famil[iae], / cuius integrita/tem et iustitiam / Africa conprobavit, / Antonio Marcelli/no c(larissimo) v(iro), pro[con]suli / p(rovinciae) A(fricae), spl[e]nd[idis]simus / ordo col(oniae) Bu[l]l(ae) Reg(iae) / patrono posuit.
Trans:
... to a man of illustrious family, whose integrity and justice Africa has attested, Antonius Marcellinus, of clarissimus rank, governor (proconsul) of the province of Africa; the most splendid council (ordo) of the colony of Bulla Regia set [this] up to its patron.
