Base for statue of Flavius Hadrianus Hierius Zenodorus, governor of Lucania et Bruttii. Regium Iulium (Lucania et Bruttii). 401.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Regium Iulium
Province:
Lucania et Bruttii
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
found in 1915 during works for new town hall
Current Location:
Now Museo Nazionale di Reggio Calabria, galleria lapidaria, inv. nr 62C
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
92.5
Width(cm):
60
Depth(cm):
32.5
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose and Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Hadrianus Hierius Zenodorus, governor of Lucania et Bruttii
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and people (ordo populusque) of Regium
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
401
Latest :
401
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1916, 102
Buonocore, M., "Regium Iulium", Supplementa Italica, N.S. 5, Rome 1989, n. 10
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fl(avio) Zenodoro, v(iro) c(larissimo), vita! / dum fretum hesperios / inter Siculosque relabans / (4) miscebit tortis aequora gur/gitibus semper honos no/memque (sic) tuum laudesq(ue) manebunt, / Fl(avio) Hadriano Hiero / Zenodoro, v(iro) c(larissimo), corr(ectori) Luc(aniae) et / Brytt(iorum) (sic), ordo populusque /(10) Reginorum ad sempi/ternam memoriam / eius posuerunt.
Trans:
To Flavius Zenodorus, of clarissimus rank, Life! As long as the sea that washes between Italy and Sicily will mix the waves with spinning swirls, your honour and name and glory will remain forever. To Flavius Hadrianus Hierus Zenodorus, of clarissimus rank, governor (corrector) of Lucania and Bruttii; the council (ordo) and the people of Regium set this up to his eternal memory.
