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LSA-1212 Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Tergeste (Venetia et Histria). 313-337








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Tergeste Province: Venetia et Histria Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: Found re-used in bell tower of San Giusto
Current Location: Lapidarium of Civico Museo di Storia e Arte, Trieste, in the pronaos of cenotaph of Winckelmann (inv. 13581)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 147 Width(cm): 100 Depth(cm): 78
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Constantine I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Tergeste Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 313 Latest : 337
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , V, no. 529

Alföldy, G. , Römische Statuen in Venetia et Histria : epigraphische Quellen, Heidelberg 1984, no. 28

Zaccaria, C. "Tergeste - Ager Tergestinus et Tergesti adtributus", Supplementa Italica, N.S. 10, Rome 1992, 248-9 n. 7
INSCRIPTION
Text: Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) / Fl(avio) Constantino, / maximo, p(io), f(elici) Aug(usto), / r(es) p(ublica) Terg(estinorum) /(5) d(evota) n(umini) p(otestatique?) e(ius).
 Trans: To the emperor Caesar Flavius Constantinus, the greatest, pious, fortunate Augustus. The city (res publica) of Tergeste, devoted to his divine spirit (and power?) [set this up].
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