Base for statue of Nicomachus Flavianus, former governor of Campania, patron of Neapolis. Neapolis (Campania). 408-431
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Neapolis
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Naples
Current Location:
Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, courtyard
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Nicomachus Flavianus, former governor of Campania
Position:
Patrons
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and people (ordo ac populus) of Naples
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
408
Latest :
431
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1894, 89
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[V]ir[tutu]m o[mnium ac tot meri]/torum viro, censurae / culmine et moderatione / praecipuo, provido semper /(5) et strenuo, indulgenti, / bono, benigno, iustissimo, / Nicomacho Flaviano, v(iro) c(larissimo), / consulari Campaniae, / proconsuli Asiae, praefecto /(10) urbi iterum, patrono / originali, statuam censuit / ordo ab his semper defensus / ac populus.
Trans:
To a man of all virtues and of so many merits, outstanding for his moderation and for the loftiness of his opinion, always cautious and prompt, kind, good, friendly, most fair, Nicomachus Flavianus, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Campania, governor (proconsul) of Asia, urban prefect for the second time, patron by birth; the councillors, always protected by him, and the people decreed [this] statue.
