Lost monumental gate, probably with statues, erected by Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius I, emperors. Rome. 379-383.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
In the Campus Martius, near ancient pons Aelius (modern Ponte S. Angelo)
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Other
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Gate/Arch
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Gratian, Valentinian II and Theodosius I
Position:
Emperors
DATE
Earliest:
379
Latest :
383
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1184 (+p. 4333)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imperatores Caesares ddd(omini) nnn(ostri) Gratianus, Valentinianus / et Theodosius, pii, felices, semper Auggg(usti), / arcum ad concludendum opus omne porticuum maximarum aeterni / nominis sui pecunia propria fieri ornariq(ue) iusserunt.
Trans:
The emperors Caesars our lords Gratianus, Valentinianus and Theodosius, pious, fortunate, forever Augusti, commanded that the arch, concluding the whole project of the Porticus Maximae in their eternal name, be built and embellished with their own money
