Base for statues of Constantius I and Galerius, emperors. Lepcis Magna (Tripolitania). 305-306.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Lepcis Magna
Province:
Tripolitania
Region:
North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details:
Severan Forum, eastern portico, in front of the exedra that leads to the Basilica
Current Location:
in situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
108
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantius I and Galerius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The people of Lepcis (Lepcitani)
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
305
Latest:
306
MAIN REFERENCE
Tantillo, I. and F. Bigi (eds.), Leptis Magna. Una città e le sue iscrizioni in epoca tardoromana, Cassino 2010, 317-320, no. 3, figs. 7.23, 8.13, 10.3-4
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l’Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, I-II, Paris 1979-1981, vol. II p. 341 with n. 26
Reynolds, J. M. & J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania. In collaboration with S. Aurigemma, R. Bartoccini, G. Caputo, R. Goodchild, P. Romanelli, Roma 1952, no. 462
