Base for statue of Flavius Arpagius, patron. Missua (Africa Proconsularis). 389-439
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Missua
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Sidi-Daoud (Missua)
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
130
Width(cm):
62
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Arpagius
Position:
Patrons
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Cives Missuenses
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
389
Latest :
439
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1982, 930
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, 989 (p 979, 1283)
Merlin, A., Inscriptions latines de la Tunisie, Paris, 1944, 849
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fl(avii) Arpagii v(iri) c(larissimi). / Fl(avio) Arpagio fl(amini) p(er)p(etuo) huiusce / civitatis, ex agente in / rebus, v(iro) c(larissimo) ex adiut(ore) inl(ustris) / viri mag(istri) officior(um), v(iro) / spectab(ili) trib(uno) et not(ario), / ob insignia eius erga / rem p(ublicam) merita et praecipue / ob pat(ronatus) benef(icia), statuam ad / aeternitatem meri/torum eius Miss(uenses) cives / conlocaverunt.
Trans:
[Statue of] Flavius Arpagius, of clarissimus rank. To Flavius Arpagius, perpetual priest of this city, former imperial agent (agens in rebus), of clarissimus rank, former assistant of the master of offices of inlustris rank, tribune and notary of spectabilis rank. Because of his remarkable services to the community (res publica), and, especially, the benefits of his patronage, the citizens of Missua placed [this] statue as an eternal record of his merits.
