Base for statue of empress Helena, mother of Constantine I. Salernum (Lucania et Bruttii). 323-326.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Salernum
Province:
Lucania et Bruttii
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found at largo della reale Udienza (area of Forum: Inscr.It)
Current Location:
Museo Archeologico
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
122
Width(cm):
81
Depth(cm):
73
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Helena, mother of Constantine I, grandmother of Crispus, Constantine II and Constans
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Alpinius Magnus, governor of Lucania et Bruttii
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
323
Latest :
326
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 708
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 517
Inscriptiones Italiae, Rome 1931-, I.1, 6
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Dominae nostrae Flaviae Augustae / Helenae, divi Constanti castissimae / coniugi, procreatrici d(omini) n(ostri) Constantini / maximi, piissimi ac victoris Augusti, /(5) aviae dominorum nostrorum [[Crispi]] / [[et]] Constantini et Constanti, beatissi/morum ac felicium Caesarum, / Alpinius Magnus, v(ir) c(larissimus), corr(ector) Lucaniae et /(9) Brittiorum, statuit devotus excellen/tiae pietatique eius.
Trans:
To our mistress Flavia Augusta Helena, most pure wife of the deified Constantius, mother of our lord Constantine the greatest, most pious and victorious Augustus, grandmother of our lords Crispus and Constantinus and Constans, most blessed and fortunate Caesars; Alpinius Magnus, of clarissimus rank, governor (corrector of Lucania et Bruttium, set [this] up, devoted to her excellence and piety.
