Base for statue of Caius Lucceius Petilius, city patron. Abellinum (Campania). Fourth century, probably mid-fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Abellinum
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found to the north of the city, outside the city walls
Current Location:
Museo Irpino (former Bourbon prison) (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Caius Lucceius Petilius
Position:
Other Officials of Rome or Constantinople
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Abellinum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
326
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , X, 1126
Camodeca, G., I ceti dirigenti di rango senatorio equestre e decurionale della Campania romana, I, Napoli 2008, 44 with fig. 7
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Gaudenti. / C(aio) Lucceio Petilio, c(larissimo) v(iro), / praeposito in urbe Ro/ma thermarum felicium /(5) Constantinianarum, pleno / humanitatis et iustitiae, ma/gistro aequitatis et totius auc/tori gravitatis benibolentiae, / sapientissimo et eloquen/tissimo, pro summa in /(11) se bonitate, in curia, quod omne / genus eius pedestribus statuis / tot tantisque dispositis meritum / ostendat insignem, patrono praes/tantissimo, excubiis eius semper ful/tus, splendidissimus ordo /(17) Abell[i]na[tiu]m cens(uit).
Trans:
[Statue of] Gaudentius. To Caius Lucceius Petilius, of clarissimus rank, official in charge of the joyful Constantinian baths in the city of Rome, full of humanity and justice, master of fair dealing and source of all gravity and benevolence, most wise and most eloquent; because of his great goodness towards it, the most splendid council (ordo) of Abellinum, always strengthened by his watchfulness, ordered [this]for a most exceptional patron in the council chamber, because his whole family through many standing statues in many parts of the city displays its remarkable merit. (transl. U. Gehn)
