Lost inscription, possibly from base for statue erected by Aelius Restitutianus, governor of Apulia et Calabria. Venusia (Apulia et Calabria). Fourth-fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Venusia
Province:
Apulia et Calabria
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found near large fountain by city gate, near church of SS. TrinitÃ
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Lost
Position:
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Aelius Restitutianus, governor of Apulia et Calabria
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
440
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 430
INSCRIPTION
Text:
L[---] prole / R G A(ulus?) Ael(ius) Restitu/tianus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), corr(ector) / Apuliae et Calabriae, /(5) in honorem splendi/dae civitatis Venusi/norum consecravit.
Trans:
(...) Aelius Restitutianus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (corrector) of Apulia and Calabria, consecrated [this] in honour of the splendid city of Venusiae.
