Base with dedication to Valens, emperor, probably for a statue. Cirta (Numidia). 364-367
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cirta
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found in a street west of Ahmed-Bey's palace
Current Location:
Constantine, museum
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Height(cm):
106
Width(cm):
62
Depth(cm):
49
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valens
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Publilius Ceionibus Caecina Albinus, governor of Numidia
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
364
Latest :
367
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. 594
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 390, no. 6
