Probable base for statue of Diocletian or of Maximian, emperor. Cirta (Numidia). 290-295
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cirta
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
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:
Diocletian or Maximian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Aurelius Maximianus
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
290
Latest :
295
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII 7003
De Bruyn, G., Imago principum, imago deorum. Recherches sur les statues impériales et divines dans les cités d’Afrique (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Thèse de doctorat, Univerisité de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen 2014, p. 1249
Pflaum H.-G., Inscriptions latines de l'Algérie. 2, Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des Suburbures. [1, Rusicade et région de Rusicade, Cirta, Castellum celtianum, Caldis, Castellum tidditanorum], Paris, 1957, no. 579
To the emperors, our lords, most powerful and most pious, and pacifiers of the world, Caius Valerius Diocletian and Marcus Aurelius Maximian, Augusti, greatest victors over the Germanic people, the Parthians, the Persians and the Sarmatians; Aurelius Maximianus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Numidia, most dedicated to their divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
