Base for statue of deified Constantine I, emperor. Rome. 337-340
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Rome, Forum Boarium, discovered in area of S. Maria in Cosmedin
Current Location:
Rome, Capitoline Museums, courtyard of Palazzo dei Conservatori (inv. 6768)
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for bronze statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
135
Width(cm):
83
Depth(cm):
52
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Crepereius Madalianus, prefect of the annona
Position:
Other Officials of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
337
Latest :
340
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1151 (+ p.4329)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Divo ac venerabili / principi Constantino, / patri principum / maximorum, / Fl(avius) Creper[e]ius Madalianus, v(ir) c(larissimus), / praef(ectus) ann(onae) cum iure glad(ii).
Trans:
To the deified and venerable emperor Constantine, father of the most excellent princes, by Flavius Crepereius Madalianus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the annona with judicial authority.
