Base for statue of Cezeus Largus, governor of Africa and patron of Madauros. Madauros (Africa Proconsularis). 341-350
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Madauros
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found in six fragments in various find spots at Mdaourouch (see Discussion page)
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
138
Width(cm):
54
Depth(cm):
51
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Cezeus Largus
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The council of Madauros (ordo Madaurensium)
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
328
Latest :
360
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1922, 17
Gsell, S., Inscriptions latines de l’Algérie, vol. I, Paris 1922 (Rome 1965), 2116
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 134
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Cezeo Largo c(larissimo) v(iro), / patrono coloniae, / magnifico atq(ue) praes/tanti et senatoriae dig/nita[tis] ornamento, /(6) prae[t]orio viro, ex con/sula[ri B]yzacenae pr[o]/vinciae, tertio procon/suli provi[nc]iae A[f]ricae, /(10) cuius pro[consu]latus (sic, for 'proconsulatu') be/neficia plu[rima civitas] / ac res publica f[uerit con]/secuta. Statuam m[armo]/re[am pone]ndam c[liens] /(15) [ordo Madaurensium] / [etsi impari be]nefic[iis] / [eius honori]fico [[---]] / obse[quio] decrevit a[tque?] / cuius em[tio]nem et evec[tionem] /(20) splendi[di]ssimus ordo pr[o]/pria [pecu]nia perduxit [et] / dedic[a]vit.
Trans:
To Cezeus Largus, of clarissimus rank, patron of the colony, distinguished and outstanding, and an ornament of the senatorial order, man of praetorian rank, former governor (consularis) of the province of Byzacena, governor (proconsul) of the province of Africa in the third year, by whose governorship (proconsulatu) the city and the community (res publica) have obtained many benefits. His client, the council (ordo) of Madauros, decreed the erection of [this] marble statue with reverent obedience (…), although not matching the benefits he provided. The most splendid council (ordo) ensured its purchase and transport at its own expense, and dedicated it.
