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LSA-1618 Base for statue of Maxentius, emperor. Luna (Tuscia et Umbria). 307. (same base as LSA-1619)








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Luna Province: Tuscia et Umbria Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: Found re-used in underground chapel beneath church of S. Marco
Current Location: La Spezia, Museo Archeologico
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): 82.5 Width(cm): 56 Depth(cm): 52
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Maxentius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Council (ordo) of Luna Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 307 Latest : 307
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 6957b

Bertinelli, A. and A. Frova, Marmora Lunensia Erratica, Sarzana 1983, pp. 190-195
INSCRIPTION
Text: Magno et / invicto / imp(eratori) Caesari / M(arco) Aur(elio) Val(erio) Maxen/tio, p(io), f(elici), Aug(usto), pont(ifici) (5)/ max(imo), trib(unicia) pot(estate), / p(atri) p(atriae), / proc(onsuli), ordo Lu/nensium d(evotus) n(umini) m(aiestatique) /(10) eius.

 Trans: To the great and unconquered emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, pious, fortunate, Augustus, highest priest (pontifex maximus), holding tribunician powers, father of the fatherland, proconsul; the council of Luna devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
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