Base for statue of Hercules Invictus. Thubursicu Numidarum (Africa Proconsularis). 287-305
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thubursicu Numidarum
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Forum novum
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
111
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Hercules Invictus
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and the people, with curator
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
287
Latest :
305
MAIN REFERENCE
Gsell, S., Inscriptions latines de l’Algérie, vol. I, Paris 1922 (Rome 1965), no. 1228
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 215, no. 3
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Herculem / Invictum, pro / salute [[Diocle/tiani et Maxi/m[iani]]], Augg(ustorum), / (6) ordo et popu/lus hoc loco / ponendum / censuit, / (10) curante / C(aio) Umbrio Ter/tullo, e(gregio) v(iro), cur(atore) / r(ei) p(ublicae).
Trans:
For the welfare of Diocletianus and Maximianus, both Augusti; the council and the people decided to set up Hercules Invictus in this place, with Caius Umbrius Tertullus, of egregius rank, curator of the community, taking charge.
