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LSA-1238 Columnar block, probably for statue, with dedication to Gratian, emperor. Vicetia (Venetia et Histria). 375-383, probably 375-378








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Vicetia Province: Venetia et Histria Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: Vicenza, in the vicinity of the Duomo
Current Location: Vicenza, Palazzo Schio
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Cylindrical Height(cm): 104 Width(cm): 49 Depth(cm): 21
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Gratian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: City of Vicentia Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 375 Latest : 383
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , V, 3114

Alföldy, G. , Römische Statuen in Venetia et Histria : epigraphische Quellen, Heidelberg 1984, n. 179

INSCRIPTION
Text: [Imp(eratori) Caes(ari)], d(omino) n(ostro) / [Fl(avio) Gratia]no, / [pio, fel(ici), s]emper / [August]o, divi /(5) [Valenti]niani / [filio], / [civitas Vi]cetina / [d(evota) n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) ei]us.



Trans: To the emperor Caesar, our lord Flavius Gratianus, pious, fortunate, always Augsutus, son of the deified Valentinianus; the city (civitas) of Vicetia [set this up], devoted to his divine spirit and majesty.
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