Base for statue of governor of Africa Proconsularis, possibly Valerius Felix. Bulla Regia (Africa Proconsularis). 324-337
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Bulla Regia
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found out of context in 1916 during excavation of entrance porticus of baths of Iulia Memmia
Current Location:
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
110
Width(cm):
47
Depth(cm):
55
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
A governor of Africa Proconsularis, name lost
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Name lost
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
324
Latest :
337
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1991, 1682
Cagnat, R., Merlin, A., Inscriptions latines d'Afrique, Paris, 1923, 456
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Eximiae potesta-/tis et moderatio-/nis et bonitatis / (4) ac praedicabili c(larissimo) v(iro), post cor-/recturas et consularem dig-/nitatem Ac(h)aiae, Asiae iteru[m] / et Africae IIII proco(n)s(uli), sacro iudici[o] / domini et Augusti nostri / (9) Constantini maximi vict[o]-/ris ac triumfatoris semper Au[g(usti)] / et beatissimorum Caes[arum] / ENEAS[---] / TVS A[---].
Trans:
To a man of outstanding ability, moderation and goodness, as well as praiseworthy, of clarissimus rank, after holding governorships (correcturas), the consular dignity (i.e., governorship) of Achaia and Asia for the second time, and governor (proconsul) of Africa four times (i. e., for four years), with the sacred judgment of our lord and Augustus Constantinus the greatest, victor and triumphator, forever Augustus, and of the most blessed Caesars (…).
