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LSA-97 Lost base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Athens (Achaea). 284-290








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Athens Province: Achaea Region: Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details: Between Library of Hadrian and Agora Gate
Current Location: Lost
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Unknown Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Unknown Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Diocletian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Lucius Turranius Gratianus Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 284 Latest : 290
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III 6103

Inscriptiones Graecae, II/III(2) 13265
INSCRIPTION
Text: Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) G(aio) Val(erio) Diocletiano, p(io), f(elici), / invicto Augusto, fortiss(imo), / (3) <ac> super omnes retro prin- / cipes piissimo Augusto. / L(ucius) Turr(anius) Gratianus, v(ir) c(larissimus), corr(ector) / (6) prov(inciae) Achaiae, devotus / numini maiestatiq(ue) eius. Trans: To the emperor and Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletianus, the pious, fortunate and unconquered Augustus, most powerful and, above all earlier emperors, most pious Augustus. Lucius Turranius Gratianus, of clarissimus rank and governor (corrector) of the province of Achaea, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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