Base for statue of Aurelius Flavius, local notable and curator of the city. Vina (Africa Proconsularis). Later third century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Vina
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
First recorded in a private property at Henchir-Maden in 1958
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Aurelius Flavius, local notable and curator of the city
Position:
Civic Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Ordo Vinensium et cives
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
250
Latest :
300
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1961, 200
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 236-7
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[---vir]o offici[is ---] / [---] erga nos remque p[u]-/blica[m] nostram innu-/mera[bi]libus comprobito (sic, for comprobato) /(5) Aurel(io) [F]lavio decurio-/ni aedi[l]i q(uaestori) duoviralicio / d(ecurioni) Karth(aginis) [cu]ratori eq(uiti) R(omano) ordo / Vinensiu[m] et universi cives / civi ama[n]tissimo posueru[nt].
Trans:
(...) to a man approved by innumerable services towards us and our community (res publica), to Aurelius Flavius, decurion, aedile, quaestor, of the rank of duovir (duoviralicio), decurion of Carthage, curator, member of the equestrian order, the council (ordo) of the Vinenses and all the citizens set [this] up for a most loving citizen.
