Base for statue of Mars. Thamugadi (Numidia). 303-305
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thamugadi
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found near the arch.
Current Location:
In situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
110
Width(cm):
62
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Mars
Position:
Deities, Personifications and Heroes
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Valerius Florus and Iulius Lambesius
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
303
Latest :
305
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 2345
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 17813a
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 449, no. 5
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Genio virtutum, / Marti Aug(usto), Con/servatori [[Galer(i)]] / (4) Va[[leri Maximi]]/[[ani]], nobilissimi / et fortissimi Caes(aris); / Valerius Florus, / v(ir) p(erfectissimus), p(raeses) p(rovinciae) Num(idiae), nu/mini maiesta/tique eorum / (11) dicatissimus, / posuit; / curante Iulio / Lambesio, cur(atore) / (15) rei publicae.
Trans:
To the Genius of bravery (virtus), Mars, conservator of Galerius Valerius Maximianus, most noble and powerful Caesar; Valerius Florus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Numidia, most devoted to their divine spirit and majesty, set [this] up; with Iulius Lambesius, curator of the community, taking charge.
