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LSA-2383 Base for statue of Julian, emperor. From Verecunda (Numidia). 361-363








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Verecunda Province: Numidia Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Found 100 m from the road to Kenchela
Current Location: No recent record
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Re-Use? Yes
Form: Unknown Height(cm): 121 Width(cm): 66 Depth(cm): 65
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Julian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Council of the city of Verecunda Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 361 Latest : 363
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, Paris, 1937, no. 145

Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 489, no. 2
INSCRIPTION
Text: Propagatori Roma/ni nominis, resti/tutori libertatis, / (4) d(omino) n(ostro) Fl(avio) Claudio Iulia/no, invicto Augusto, / ordo Verecundinsi/um (sic), dicatissimus, posuit. Trans: To the augmenter of the Roman name and restorer of freedom, our lord Flavius Claudius Iulianus, unconquered Augustus; the city council (ordo) of the Verecundenses, most dedicated [to him], set [this] up.
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