Fragmentary base for statue of Flavius Lupus, governor of Campania and probably patron of Teanum. Teanum Sidicinum (Campania). 402-410
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Teanum Sidicinum
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Found near Masseria Trinità , in bath building
Current Location:
Still in same area (Solin)
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
117
Width(cm):
24
Depth(cm):
45
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Flavius Lupus, governor of Campania
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Teanum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
402
Latest :
410
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1968, 113; 1998, 369; 2001, 610
Chastagnol, A., 'Le consulaire de Campanie Flavius Lupus. Un spécialiste du recensement des biens fonciers, d’après une nouvelle inscription de Teano', Epigraphica, 29, Faenza 1967, 105-30
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Fl(avio) Lupo, v(iro) c(larissimo), pera[equatori propter] / muro cincten[das (sic, for cingendas) urbes iudicio] /(3) sac(ro) glebalis ce[nsus per secun]/dam Pannoni[am, curatori Nar]/niensium (?), ce[nsitori ---]/am civitatis [--- procura]/tori saltuum [per provincias] / Valeriam et P[icenum et Campa]/niam, legato [misso a senatu] /(10) ad invictissi[mos dominos nos]-/tros de censu [glebali habi]-/to, praesidi pr[aestantissimo] / cum iure glad[ii, patrono digno], / ordo Tean(ensium), ob i[nsignia merita] /(15) eius, defension(em), b[eneficientiam].
Trans:
To Flavius Lupus, of clarissimus rank, assessor (peraequator) by imperial decision of the land tax (census glebalis) for the surrounding of cities with walls in Pannonia Secunda, curator of Narnia, censor … of the city… overseer of imperial properties in the provinces of Valeria, Picenum and Campania, ambassador sent by the senate to our most unconquered lords on account of [recently] collected land tax, most outstanding governor (praeses) with jurisdiction in capital sentences (literally 'with right of the sword'), worthy patron; the councillors of Teanum, on account of his remarkable services in protection and generosity.
