Base for toga statue of Quintus Flavius Maesius Lollianus, senatorial patron. From Puteoli. 334-342
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Puteoli
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
1704, February, in the gardens of Pedro de Toledo, close to the actual church San Giuseppe
Current Location:
Castello di Baia, Museo archeologico dei campi flegrei, inv. no. 320499
OBJECT
Object:
Base, with statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
138
Width(cm):
84
Depth(cm):
84
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus signo Mavortius
Position:
Patrons
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Collegium of the Decatrenses
Position:
City Regions
DATE
Earliest:
334
Latest :
342
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 1696
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, 1224c
Zevi, F. [et al.]., Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei: Castello di Baia. II. Catalogo generale. Pozzuoli., Naples 2008, pp. 152-153 (R. Marchesini)
Camodeca, G., 'Ricerche su Puteoli tardoromana (fine II-IV secolo)', Puteoli, IV (1981) 59-128, p. 101, n. 136
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Mavortii. / Q(uinto) Flavio Maesio Egnatio Lolliano, c(larissimo) v(iro), / q(uaestori) k(andidato), praetor(i) urbano, auguri publico po/puli Romani Quiritium, cons(ulari) albei Ti/beris et cloacarum, cons(ulari) operum publi/cum (sic, for ‘publicorum’), cons(ulari) aquarum, cons(ulari) Camp(aniae), /(7) comiti Flaviali, comiti Orientis, comitis (sic, for ‘comiti’) primi / ordinis et proconsuli provinciae Africae, / colligeus (sic) Decatressium patrono dignis/simo posuerunt.
Trans:
(Statue of) Mavortius. To Quintus Flavius Maesius Egnatius Lollianus, of clarissimus rank, quaestor (quaestor Kandidatus), urban praetor, public augur of the people of Rome and Quirites, officer in charge (consularis) of the banks of the Tiber and of the sewers, officer in charge (consularis) of public buildings, officer in charge (consularis) of the aqueducts, governor (consularis) of Campania, count in the imperial court of the Flavians (comes Flavialis), count of the East (comes orientis), count of the first order and governor (proconsul) of the province of Africa; the association of the decatrenses (collegium decatressium) set [this] up, to the most worthy patron.
