Base for statue, possibly imperial. Novae (Moesia Secunda). 431
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Novae
Province:
Moesia II
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
Novae, military camp
Current Location:
Novae, lapidarium, inv. no. 170/99 w
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
36
Width(cm):
54
Depth(cm):
33
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Flavis Agapistus and Flavius Diogenis, primipilarii
Position:
Military Officer or Unit
DATE
Earliest:
431
Latest :
431
MAIN REFERENCE
Sarnowski, T., Drei spätkaiserzeitliche Statuenbasen aus Novae in Niedermösien, Mirkovic, M. (ed), Römische Städte und Festungen an der Donau, Belgrade 2005, no. 2
INSCRIPTION
Text:
FF(lavii) Agapistus / et Diogenis, p(rimi)p(ilarii) ex pro[v(incia)] / insulanea, pasto mi/lite statuam eregeru/nt (sic) in vulto Dionisisi (sic), ind(ictione)/ XIIII, in conss(ulatibus) Anthioci / et Bassi, vv(irorum) cc(larissimorum).
Trans:
The Flavii, Agapistus and Diogenis, primipilari from the province of the Islands, after having finished their service, set up this statue, in front of [the statue of] Dionysius, in the 14th indiction under the consulship of Antiochus and Bassus, men of clarissimus rank.
