Base for statue of Diocletian, emperor. Cuicul (Numidia). 287
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Cuicul
Province:
Numidia
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Old forum, in front of the Curia
Current Location:
At its findspot
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
117
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Diocletian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
City of Cuicul, by decree of the councillors
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
287
Latest:
287
MAIN REFERENCE
Pflaum, H.-G., Inscriptions Latines de l'Algérie. 2. Inscriptions de la confédération cirtéenne, de Cuicul et de la tribu des Suburbures. Vol. 3, Paris 2003, no 7856
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 409, no 3
Zimmer, G., Wesch-Klein, G., Locus datus decreto decurionum : zur Statuenaufstellung zweier Forumsanlagen im römischen Afrika, München, 1989, p. 54, C1
