Literary record of posthumous statue of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, Roman senator and pagan priest, set up by the Vestal virgins. Rome. 385.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Unknown
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Other
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
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SUBJECT
Honorand:
Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, Senator and pagan priest
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Vestal virgins
Position:
Others
DATE
Earliest:
385
Latest :
385
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 2145
Callu, J.-P., Symmaque. Lettres, T.I (Livres I-II) (Collection des Universités de France), Paris 1972, 2.36
TEXT
Text:
(...) tum quod / haec prior eius viro / Vettio Agorio Praetexta/to, v(iro) c(larissimo), omnia singulari / dignoque etiam ab huius / modi virginibus et sa/cerdotibus coli statu/am conlocarat. (CIL VI, 2145 = LSA-1510).
Praetextato nostro monumentum statuae dicare destinant virgines sacri Vestalis antistites. Consulti pontifices, priusquam reverentiam sublimis sacerdotii aut longae aetatis usum vel condicionem temporis praesentis expenderent, absque paucis qui me secuti sunt, ut eius opificium statuerent adnuerunt. (Symm. Ep. 2.36.2)
Trans:
(...) and because she (Coelia) had previously arranged previously a statue to be dedicated to her (Fabia’s) husband, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, of clarissimus rank, unique and deserving above all things, by the virgins and priests of her order. (LSA-1510).
The virgin priestesses of the cult of Vesta resolved to dedicate a comemorative statue to our Praetextatus. The priests (pontifices) having been consulted, before considering the reverence due to this sublime priesthood, the long established custom or the condition of present times, with the exception of the few who followed me, consented that they decide the setting up of this monument. (Symm. Ep. 2.36.2)
