Base for re-erected gilded bronze statue (now posthumous) of Flavius Eugenius, consul designate; commanded by the emperors. Rome, Forum of Trajan. 355-360
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Rome, found in area of Forum of Trajan
Current Location:
Forum of Trajan, in deposit of basilica Ulpia (FT 14454)
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for gilded statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
142
Width(cm):
85
Depth(cm):
79
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Eugenius
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Constantius II and Julian
Position:
Emperors
DATE
Earliest:
355
Latest :
360
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1721 (+p. 4743)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fl(avio) Eugenio, v(iro) c(larissimo), ex praefecto praetorio, / consuli ordinario designato, magistro / officiorum omnium, comiti domestico / ordinis primi omnibusque palatinis /(5) dignitatibus functo, ob egraegia (sic) eius / in rem publicam merita, huic / dd nn (ie, domini nostri) Constantius victor ac / triumfator, semper Augustus, et / Iulianus nobilissimus Caesar /(10) statuam sub auro in foro divi / Traiani quam ante sub divo / Constante vitae et fidelissimae / devotionis gratia meruit, / adprobante amplissimo senatu, /(15) sumptu publico loco suo / restituendam censuerunt.
Trans:
To Flavius Eugenius, of clarissimus rank, former praetorian prefect, designated ordinary consul, master of all offices, domestic count of the first order and having served all dignities in the palace, for his distinguished public merits. Our lords Constantius [II], victorious and triumphant Augustus, and Julian the most noble Caesar, oversaw the restitution in its proper place of the gilt statue in the forum of the deified Trajan that he had deserved before, under the reign of the deified Constans, in gratitude for his life and most devoted loyalty, with the approval of the most distinguished senate, with public money.
