Base for statue of Flavius Atilius Theodotus, Legate. Thubursicu Numidarum (Africa Proconsularis). 361-362
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thubursicu Numidarum
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found in Forum Novum
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
100
Width(cm):
64
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Atilius Theodotus
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Ordo et populus Thubursicensium
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
361
Latest :
362
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1916, 98
Gsell, S., Inscriptions latines de l’Algérie, vol. I, Paris 1922 (Rome 1965), 1286
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 212
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[---] amoris [---] / [ob i]nstitutionem fori novi / F[l]avio Atilio Theodoto v(iro) c(larissimo) / praefecto aerari populi R(omani) /(5) legato provinciae Numidiae / ordo et populus Thubursicen-/sium inposito signo addens / operi decus auctori commodi / liberalitate Furi Regini fl(aminis) p(er)p(etui) /(10) hoc carissimo retentat / adfectu.
Trans:
(...) of love (...) because of the foundation of the new forum, to Flavius Atilius Theodotus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the treasury of the Roman people, legate of the province of Numidia. The council (ordo ) and people of Thubursicu, having set up the statue [and so] adding ornament to the work keeps this for the promoter of the convenience, with the generosity of Furius Reginus, priest in perpetuity, with most cheerful affection.
