Base for statue of Caius Caelius Censorinus, governor of Campania. Atella (Campania). 326-337.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Atella
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
First recorded as inserted into bell tower of parish church of Sant' Arpino
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Caius Caelius Censorinus, governor of Campania
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) and people of Atella
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
326
Latest :
337
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 1216
L'Année épigraphique, , 1999, 157
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 3732
INSCRIPTION
Text:
C(aio) Caelio Censori/no, v(iro) c(larissimo), p[r]a[et(ori) ca]ndi/dato, con[s(uli), c]ur(atori)] viae / Latinae, cu[r(atori)] re[g(ionis)] VII, /(5) cur(atori) splendidae Car/thagin(is), comiti d(omini) n(ostri) / Constantini maximi Aug(usti) / et exactori auri et argen/ti provinciarum III, cons(ulari) pro/vinc(iae) Siciliae, cons(ulari) Camp(aniae), aucta /(11) in melius civitate sua et refor/mata ordo populusque Atel/lanus. / L(oco) d(ato) s(enatus) c(onsulto).
Trans:
To Caius Caelius Censorinus, of clarissimus rank, praetor on the emperor's suggestion, consul [suffect], curator of the Via Latina, curator of region VII, curator of the splendid Carthage, count of our lord Constantinus the greatest Augustus and tax collector of gold and silver of the three provinces, governor (consularis) of the proovince of Sicily, governor (consularis) of Campania; with their own city improved and reformed, the council (ordo) and people of Atella [set this up]. The site was granted by a decree of the senate.
