Base for statue of Constantine I, emperor. Cirta (Numidia). 314-317
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cirta
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found re-used in the wall of the Kasbah
Current Location:
No recent record, perhaps still where found
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Height(cm):
90
Width(cm):
67
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Iallius Antiochus, governor of Numidia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
314
Latest :
317
MAIN REFERENCE
Pflaum H.-G., Inscriptions latines de l'Algérie. 2, Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des Suburbures. [1, Rusicade et région de Rusicade, Cirta, Castellum celtianum, Caldis, Castellum tidditanorum], Paris, 1957, no. 584
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 389, no. 3
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Perpetuae securitatis / ac libertatis auctori, / domino nostro / Flavio Valerio / (5) Constantino, / pio, felici, invicto ac semper Aug(usto), / Iallius Antiochus, v(ir) p(erfectissimus), praeses / prov(inciae) Numid(iae), devotus / numini maiestatique eius.
Trans:
To the author of perpetual security and freedom, our lord, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, pious, fortunate, invincible and eternal Augustus; Iallius Antiochus, of perfectissimus rank, governor (praeses) of the province of Numidia, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
