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LSA-1703 Base for statue (subject unstated), erected by Orontius, governor of Apulia et Calabria. Venusia (Apulia et Calabria). Before 400-427 .










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Venusia Province: Apulia et Calabria Region: Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details: Venusia (Venosa, prov. Potenza, Basilicata); first seen among ruins of Benedictine monastery in 1790
Current Location: Now inserted into wall of staircase leading to crypt of church of SS. Trinita
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Local stone Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Height(cm): 114
Attributes: Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand: Not stated Position: Gender: Unknown
Awarder: Orosius, governor of Apulia et Calabria Position: Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest: 400 Latest: 427
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 127

Silvestrini, M., 'Venosa. Una nuova epigrafe di Costantino e il recente recupero di un "corrector Apuliae et Calabriae". ', Scienze dell’antichità. Storia. archeologia, antropologia 6, Rome 1992-1993, pp. 130-134

Chelotti, M., "Venusia", Supplementa Italica, N.S. 20, Rome 2003, n. 10

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