Lost base for statue of Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus, consul and patron. Verona (Venetia et Histria). 375 - 383, possibly 371.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Verona
Province:
Venetia et Histria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Re-used in cathedral
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus
Position:
Consuls
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
City of Verona
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
375
Latest :
383
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , V, 3344
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, 1266
Alföldy, G. , Römische Statuen in Venetia et Histria : epigraphische Quellen, Heidelberg 1984, n. 211
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Petronio / Probo, v(iro) c(larissimo), / totius admira/tionis viro, pro/cons(uli) Africae, praef(ecto) / (6) praetorio Illyrici, / praef(ecto) praet(orio) Gal/liar(um) II, praef(ecto) praet(orio) / Italiae atque Africae /(10) III, cons(uli) ordinario, / civi eximiae boni/tatis, disertissimo / atque omnibus / rebus eruditissimo, /(15) patrono, / nepoti Probiani, / filio Probini, vv(irorum) cc(larissimorum), / praef[fectorum]] urbis et conss(ulum).
Trans:
To Petronius Probus, of clarissmus rank, a man worthy of all admiration, governor (proconsul) of Africa, praetorian prefect of Illyricum, for the second time praetorian prefect of the Gauls, for the third time praetorian prefect of Italy and Africa, consul (consul ordinarius), citizen of uncommon goodness, most eloquent and most learned in all things, patron, grandson of Probianus, son of Probinus, both of clarissimus rank, [and] both urban prefects and consuls.
