Base for statue of Tanonius Marcellinus, governor of Campania and patron. Beneventum (Campania). Fourth to earlier fifth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Beneventum
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found in area in front of the Cathedral
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Tanonius Marcellinus
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
People (plebs) of Beneventum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
333
Latest :
450
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , IX, 1589 = X, *521b
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, 6506
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Tanonio Marcellino, / v(iro) c(larissimo), cons(ulari) Camp(aniae), patro/no dignissimo, ob in/signia beneficia qui/bus longa populi tae/dia sedavit, univer/sa plebs Beneventa/na censuit po/nendam.
Trans:
To Tanonius Marcellinus, of clarissimus rank, governor (consularis) of Campania, most worthy patron, on account of the remarkable benefits which soothed the long lasting concerns of the people; the whole plebs of Beneventum decreed the setting up [of this statue].
