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LSA-52 Fragmentary plaque from base for statues of Theodosius I, Arcadius and Honorius, emperors. Corinth (Achaea). 393-395








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Corinth Province: Achaea Region: Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details: Trench XIII southeast of village square (fragment 295); east end of Northwest Stoa (fragment 228); unknown (fragment 754).
Current Location: Corinth, Museum, inv. nos. 295, 228, 754
OBJECT
Object: Plaque Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Unknown Height(cm): 60 Width(cm): 125 Depth(cm): 14
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Theodosius I, Arcadius and Honorius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Name only partially preserved: '... ius Ac...' Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 393 Latest : 395
MAIN REFERENCE
Brown West, A., Latin inscriptions, 1896-1926: Corinth VIII, 2, Princeton 1931, nr. 26

Kent, J. H., The inscriptions, 1926-1950: Corinth VIII, 3, Princeton 1966, nr. 506 pl. 41
INSCRIPTION
Text: Reparatori R[o]manae rei, [fundatori] / aeternae [p]acis, aucto[ri humani] / generis, d(omino) n(ostro) [F]l(avio) Theodos[io augusto] / felicissimo [p]atri, et fi[liis dd(ominis) nn(ostris) ffll(aviis)] / (5) Arcadio et H[on]orio iṃ[peratoribus] / [---] ṭịụṣ Ạc̣ [---].
 Trans: To the restorer of the Roman empire, the founder of eternal peace, and progenitor of mankind, to our lord Flavius Theodosius the most fortunate Augustus, father; and to his sons, our lords the Flavians Arcadius and Honorius the emperors ... ius Ac...
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