Lost base for statue (subject unstated), re-erected by Gabinius Vettius Probianus, prefect of the City. Rome, Forum. 377.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Rome, Roman Forum, inside church of S. Adriano, the ancient Senate-house in the Forum. Originally in the Basilica Iulia.
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Not stated
Position:
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Gabinius Vettius Probianus, prefect of the City
Position:
Prefects of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
377
Latest :
377
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1658b (+4727)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Gavinius (sic) Vettius / Probianus, v(ir) c(larissimus), praef(ectus) urb(i), / statuam conlocari /(4) praecepit quae or/namento esse poossit (sic, for 'posset') / basilicae inlustr(i).
Trans:
Gabinius Vettius Probianus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the City, ordered that [this] statue be placed [here], which could serve as a fine ornament of the basilica.
