Base for statue of Lucius Mamilianus Crispinus, curator and local patron. Suessa (Campania). Early to mid-fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Suessa
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found near ancient forum
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucius Mamilianus Crispinus
Position:
Provincial City Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Citizens of Suessa
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
350
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1940, 48
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Crispini. / L(ucio) Mamiliano Cris/pino, v(iro) p(erfectissimo), sacerdoti sanctissimarum / Fortunarum, curatori sacro iudicio /(5) promoto patriae [at]que etiam civitatis / Sinuessan(a)e, omnibus / honoribus functo, / ob meritum origini[s] / [su]ae sed et laborum /(10) suorum, universi cives / patrono praestantissimo / stat[u]am po[nen]dam [censuerunt].
Trans:
[Statue of] Crispinus. To Lucius Mamilianus Crispinus, of perfectissimus rank, priest of the most holy Fortunas, curator of the fatherland and of the city of Sinuessa promoted by imperial decision, who performed all civic functions, on account of his ancestry and of the efforts of his ancestors, the whole citzenry decreed that [this] statue be set up to the most outstanding patron.
