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LSA-1609 Base for statue of Diocletian or Maximian, emperor (later re-used for Constantine I). Forum Germa... (Liguria). 284-305.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Forum Germa... Province: Liguria Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: Found near church of S. Lorenzo
Current Location: Cuneo, Museo Civico, sala romana (no inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 103.5 Width(cm): 50 Depth(cm): 43.5
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Diocletian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Council and people (ordo cum plebe) of Forum Germa... (the name is truncated) Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 284 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1988, 573

Gastaldi, E. C. and G. Mennella, "Forum Germa[---]", Supplementa Italica, NS 13, Rome 1996, n. 9
INSCRIPTION
Text: Imperatori Caesari / [[C(aio)]] Valerio / [[Diocletiano]], / pio, felici, [i]nvicto / Augusto, / ordo Germa[---] / cum plebe.

 Trans: To the emperor Caesar Caius Valerius Diocletianus, pious, fortunate, unconquered Augustus; the council of Germa... ,with the people, [set this up].
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