Base for statue of Maxentius. Caesarea (Mauretania Caesarensis). 311-312
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Caesarea
Province:
Mauretania Caesariensis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found near the gate of Alger
Current Location:
Cherchell museum
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
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Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Maxentius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Valerius Faustus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
311
Latest :
312
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 20989
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 514, n. 11
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Filio divi Maximi/ani, genero divi / Maximiani, felicis/simoru(m) Impp(eratorum), Imp(eratori) to/tius orbis perpetuo, / (6) d(omino) n(ostro) M(arco) [A]ur(elio) Val(erio) Maxen/tio, Pio, Felici, Invicto / et gloriosissimo sem/per Aug(usto); Val(erius) Faustus, / (10) v(ir) p(erfectissimus), p(raeses) p(rovinciae) Maur(etaniae) Caes(ariensis), devo/tus numini maiesta/tique eius.
Trans:
To the son of divine Maximianus, son-in-law of divine Maximianus [Galerius], fortunate emperors, forever emperor of the whole world, our Lord Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, pious, fortunate, unconquered and most glorious, forever Augustus; Valerius Faustus, man of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses of the province of Mauretania Caesariensis [set this up], devoted to his divine spirit and majesty.
