Plaque with honorific inscription to Constantine I, emperor, probably from statue base. Thugga (Africa proconsularis). 312-337.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thugga
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Thugga
Current Location:
Recorded in epigraphic storerooms at Great Cistern in 2003 (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Other
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
133
Depth(cm):
20
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Caius Annius Ceionius Annulinas
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
312
Latest :
324
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 2003, 2014
Khanoussi, M. and A. Mastino, Il culto imperiale a Thibaris ed a Thugga tra Diocleziano e Costantino, Serta antiqua et medievalia VI. Usi e abusi epigrafici. Atti del Colloquio Internazionale di Epigrafia Latina (Genova 20-22 settembre 2001). A cura di M. Gariella, A. Bertinelli e A. Donati, Roma 2003, 412-36
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[--- divi]nae virtutis [principi?] / [extinctori? ty]rannicae factionis et v[ictori? defensori?] / [pro]vinciarum suarum atque urb[ium? ---] / d(omino) n(ostro) Flavio Valerio Constantino p(io) f(elici) semp[er Augusto] / (5) C(aius) Annius Ceionius Anullinas v(ir) c(larissimus) legatu[s Numidiae?] / numini maiestatique eius semper de[votus]
Trans:
To the emperor of divine virtue, extinguisher of the faction of the tyrant, and victor, defender of his provinces and of the cities, our lord Flavius Valerius Constantinus, pious, fortunate, forever Augustus. Caius Annius Ceionius Anullinas, of clarissimus rank, legate of Numidia, [set this up], always devoted to his divine spirit and majesty.
