Base for statue of Valerius Frumentius, local notable. From Lavinium (Campania). Fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lavinium
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Lavinium (modern Pratica di Mare, comune di Pomezia, Lazio)
Current Location:
Musei Vaticani, Galleria Lapidaria, XXXV.14, Inv. Nr. 6978
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valerius Frumentius
Position:
Patrons
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and citizens (ordo et cives of Laurentum and Lavinium
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, , 6186
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XIV, 2080
Fora, M., Epigrafia anfiteatrale dell'Occidente Romano IV. Regio I. Latium , Rome 1996, n. 35
Granino Cerere, M. G. (ed.), Supplementa Italica, Imagines. Latium Vetus 1, Rome 2005, n. 24
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Valerio Frume/ntio, v(iro) p(erfectissimo), patro/no et defe(n)sori / (h)abitatori cibitatis (sic, for ‘civitatis’), /(5) qui pos(t) multum / temporis aeditio/nem (sic, for ‘editionem’) debotionis (sic, for ‘devotionis’) / renobabit et ite/rabit, pro meri/tu m[unifice]nti(a)e /(11) su(a)e, ordo cibes/que (sic, for ‘civesque’) Laurentum / LL(avinatium).
Trans:
To Valerius Frumentius, of perfectissimus rank, patron and protector (defensor) to [each] inhabitant of the city, who after a long period of time renewed and revived the performance of devotion; in merit of his munificence, the council and the citizens of Laurentum and Lavinium [set this up].
