Base for statue of Marcus Aelius Candidianus, provincial governor and patron. Sufetula (Byzacena). Late third to early fourth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Sufetula
Province:
Byzacena
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Found near the Byzantine fortress to the south of the city
Current Location:
Not recorded
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Marcus Aelius ... Candidianus, governor (almost certainly of Byzacena)
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council (ordo) of Segermes, and ... Severus, priest and curator of the city
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
280
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1954, 59
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 311
INSCRIPTION
Text:
M(arco) Ael[io ---] Candidia[no], / c(larissimo) v(iro), pr[ov --- con]sulari, pa/tro[no, --- or]d(o) splendidis-/[simus rei publicae Su]fetulensium, / (5) [ob insignem a]morem in / [cives, ---] memoriae / [---]ule / [---] Severus, v(ir) e(gregius), fl(amen) p(er)p(etuus), / [curator] rei publicae, statuam de suo /(10) fecit.
Trans:
To Marcus Aelius Candidianus, of clarissimus rank, ... governor (consularis) of the province…, patron …; the most splendid council (ordo) of the city of Sufetula … to the memory of his remarkable affection towards its citizens ... Severus, of egregius rank, priest in perpetuity, curator of the city, set up this statue with his own funds.
