Base for statue of unstated subject. Thubursicu Numidarum (Africa Proconsularis). 361-362
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Thubursicu Numidarum
Province:
Africa Proconsularis
Region:
North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details:
Forum Novum
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
120
Width(cm):
53
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unstated
Position:
Gender:
Unknown
Awarder:
Clodius Hermogenianus, governor (proconsul) of Africa
Position:
Provincial Governors
DATE
Earliest:
361
Latest :
362
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1902, 49a
Gsell, S., Inscriptions latines de l’Algérie, vol. I, Paris 1922 (Rome 1965), 1285
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, 213
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Hortaris in vitam / miscens adversa secun-/dis, / Clodius Hermogena, / proconsulatu salu-/bri, / Theodoti cura lega-/ti dedicat arcem, / hos ego Ianuarius / versus formare cu-/ravi.
Trans:
You encourage to life by blending the stern with the favourable. Clodius Hermogenianus, in his salubrious governorship, dedicates this arch under the care of Theodotus, (his) legate. I, Ianuarius, took care to form these verses.
