Base for statue of Virius Audentius Aemilianus, governor of Campania (with statue LSA-46). Puteoli. 365-379
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Puteoli
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Pozzuoli, via Rosini
Current Location:
Castello di Baia, Museo archeologico dei campi flegrei, Pozzuoli Sala 38, inv. 320474
OBJECT
Object:
Base, with statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
142
Width(cm):
71
Depth(cm):
70.5
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Virius Audentius Aemilianus
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
All the people (populus cunctus), presumably of Puteoli
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
365
Latest :
379
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1968, 115
Epigraphic Database Roma (http://www.edr-edr.it), , EDR074810 (G. Camodeca)
Zevi, F. [et al.]., Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei: Castello di Baia. II. Catalogo generale. Pozzuoli., Naples 2008, 151 (F. Demma)
Camodeca, G., 'Ricerche su Puteoli tardoromana (fine II-IV secolo)', Puteoli, IV (1981) 59-128, 105-108 nr. 5 fig. 12
Napoli, M. , 'Statua ritratto di Virio Audenzio Emiliano consolare della Campania', Bollettino d'Arte 44, Milan 1959,
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Aemilianii. / Audentio Aemeliano (sic, for ‘Aemiliano’), / v(iro) c(larissimo), cons(ulari) Camp(aniae), patrono / pr(a)estantissimo, iudici /(5) admirando, insufficie(n)s / eius beneficiis pr(a)estitis, / populus cunctus / statuam collocavit.
Trans:
(Statue of) Aemilianus. To Audentius Aemilianus, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Campania, most outstanding patron, admirable judge, albeit insufficient to reward his outstanding services, the whole people set up this statue.
