Base for statue, probably bronze, of Maternus Cynegius, praetorian prefect. Alexandria (Aegyptus). 384-387
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Alexandria
Province:
Aegyptus
Region:
Egypt
Details:
Alexandria
Current Location:
No published record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Maternus Cynegius, praetorian prefect
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Emperors Theodosius I and Arcadius, at request of the city of Alexandria
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
384
Latest :
389
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III 19
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III suppl. I,1, 6587
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Domini nostri, invictissimi et venerabiles / ac perpetui Augusti, Theodosius et / Arcadius, toto orbe victores, / Materno Cynegio, omnium virtutum viro et ad / (5) insignem laudem gloriamque progenito, per / omnes honorum gradus meritorum con-/templatione provecto, praefecto / praetorio per orientem, statuam / civili habitu, ad petitum primorum nobilissime (sic) / (10) Alexandrinae urbis, in eadem splendida / urbe, ad perpetuitatis famam, loco cele-/berrimo constitui collocarique iusserunt, / per clarissimos Alexandrinae civitatis.
Trans:
Our lords, the most unconquered and venerable and perpetual Augusti, Theodosius and Arcadius, victors over the whole globe, at the petition of the first-ranking citizens (ad petitum primorum) of the most noble city of Alexandria, ordered that a statue in civil dress (civili habitu) be set up and placed in a highly frequented site (loco celeberrimo) by the most distinguished men (per clarissimos) of the city of Alexandria, to Maternus Cynegius, a man of all virtues, born for exceptional praise and glory, promoted through all the grades of office in consideration of his merits, and praetorian prefect of the East, in order to perpetuate his fame.
