Base for re-erected colossal statue, probably of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius. 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:
Local stone
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
190
Width(cm):
155
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Attilius Theodotus, legate
Position:
Officials of Governors
DATE
Earliest:
361
Latest :
362
MAIN REFERENCE
Gsell, S., Inscriptions latines de l’Algérie, vol. I, Paris 1922 (Rome 1965), no. 1229
Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 213, n. 12
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Honori et virtu[ti Augg(ustorum) sacrum]. Pro baeatitudine (sic) tempo[r]u[m], / signum co[l]o[s]si alte[rius, quon]/dam conlabsum, restitutum, inposi/tis circumcirca de ruinis erutis or/namentis, proconsulatu Clodi / (7) Hermog[e]niani, amplissimi et c(larissimi) v(iri), / Flavius Atilius Theodotus, v(ir) c(larissimus), / legatus eius, [t]ute[lae] fori no/vi conserva[r]i c[ura]v[it].
Trans:
Sacred to the honour and virtue of the two Augusti. For the blessedness of the times, the statue of one of the two colossi, once fallen, [has been] restored, with ornaments, removed from some ruins, placed nearby; under the governorship of Clodius Hermogenianus, a most important man of clarissimus rank; Flavius Atilius Theodotus, of clarissimus rank, his legate, took care of the safeguarding of the new forum.
