Base for statue of Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Manlius Rufinianus Bassus, urban prefect and patron. From Aversa (Campania). Late third century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aversa
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Uncertain provenance
Current Location:
Not recorded
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
130
Width(cm):
65
Depth(cm):
65
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Manlius Rufinianus Bassus
Position:
Prefects of Rome or Constantinople
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Caesonius Achilleus
Position:
Clients to Patrons
DATE
Earliest:
284
Latest :
293
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1964, 223; 1980, 215
Barbieri, G., Nuove iscrizioni campane, Akten des IV. Internationalen Kongresses für griechische und lateinische Epigraphik, Wien 1962, Vienna 1964, 40-50
INSCRIPTION
Text:
L(ucio) Caesonio Ovinio Manlio / Rufiniano Basso, c(larissimo) v(iro), cons(uli) II, / pontif(ici) maiori, pontif(ici) dei / Solis, salio Palatino, prae/fecto urbis, comiti Augg(ustorum), /(6) iudici sacrarum cognitio/num vice Caesaris sine appel/lationem (sic) cognoscendi inter / fiscum et privatis (sic) item inter /(10) privatos Roma et in provinc(ia) / Africa, electo a divo Probo / ad pr(a)e[side]ndum iud(icio) mag(no), / proco(n)s(uli) provinc(iae) Afric(ae) tertium, / curat(ori) col(oniae) Carthag(iniensium), leg(ato) pro/vinc(iae) Afric(ae) Carthag(iniensis), curat(ori) /(16) albei (sic) Tiberi(s) et cluacarum (sic) / sac(rae) urb(is), curat(ori) r(ei) p(ublicae) Venevent(anorum) (sic), / praet(ori) cand(idato), quaes(tori) cand(idato), / seviro turmae deducendae, /(20) triumviro kapitali, / patrono praestantissimo, / Caesonius Achilleus, lib[ert]us, pos(uit).
Trans:
To Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Manlius Rufinianus Bassus, of clarissimus rank, consul (suffect) for the second time, higher priest (pontifex maior), priest of the Sun god, member of the priestly college of the palatine salii, prefect of the City, count of the emperors, judge in the imperial court of appeal representing the Caesars without further appeal, with juridical power in matters related to the imperial fisc and private matters, and also among private individuals in Rome and in the province of Africa, elected by the deified Probus for the presidency of the greater court of appeal, governor (proconsul) of the province of Africa for three years in a row, curator of the city (colonia) of Carthage, legate of the province of Africa Carthaginiensis, officer in charge of the banks of the Tiber and of the sewers (curatori albei Tiberis et cloacarum) of the sacred City, curator of the city (res publica) of Beneventum, candidate to the praetorship, candidate to the quaestorship, member of the board of commanders of squadrons [of equites], member of the board of three men in charge of prisons and executions (triumviro kapitali), most outstanding patron; Caesonius Achilleus, freedman, set [this] up.
