Front of base for statue, in bronze and silver, of Flavius Stilicho, consul, master of the soldiery and member of the imperial family. Rome, Forum. 405-406.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Roman Forum, near arch of Septimius Severus
Current Location:
Rome, Villa Medici, gardens (CIL)
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for gilded statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
160
Width(cm):
86.5
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Stilicho, master of the soldiery, consul, and member of the imperial family
Position:
Military Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People of Rome (Populus Romanus)
Position:
Senate and People of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
405
Latest :
406
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1731=1195 (+p. 4746)
INSCRIPTION
Text:
[Flavio Stilichoni, inlustrissimo] / viro, bis consuli ordinario, / magistro utriusque militiae, / comiti domesticorum /(5) et stabuli sacri, adque / ab ineunte aetate / per gradus clarissimae / militiae ad columen regiae / adfinitatis evecto, socio /(10) bellorum omnium / et victoriarum, adfini / etiam divi Theodosi Augusti / itemque socero / domni nostri Honori Augusti. /(15) Populus Romanus, / pro singulari eius / circa se amore / adque providentia, / statuam ex aere argentoque /(20) in rostris ad memoriam / gloriae sempiteranae / conlocandam decrevit, / exequente Fl(avio) Pisidio Romulo, v(iro) c(larissimo), /(24) praef(ecto) urb(i).
Trans:
[To Flavius Stilicho, illustrious man], twice consul, commander of both armies, commander of the imperial bodyguards and of the imperial stables (comes domesticorum et stabuli sacri), and progressing with time through the steps of the most glorious military service to the summit and advanced to royal kinship by marriage, a partner in all wars and victories, son-in-law of the divine Theodosius Augustus and likewise father-in-law of our lord Honorius Augustus. The Roman people, on account of his unique love and providence in its regard, have decreed a statue of bronze and silver to be placed on the rostra as a memory of his everlasting glory. Fl(avius) Pisidius Romulus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the City, carried it out.
