Base for statue of Caius Volusius Victor, local magistrate and benefactor. Ocriculum (Tuscia et Umbria). 300-400.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ocriculum
Province:
Tuscia et Umbria
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
Found in 1782 in the Winter Baths, at Otricoli
Current Location:
Vatican Museums, Museo Pio Clementino
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Caius Volusius Victor
Position:
Provincial City Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Citizens and plebeians of Ocriculum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest :
400
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Année épigraphique, , 1964, 96bis
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 4094
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Caio Volusio Victor/i, qu(a)estori r(ei) p(ublicae) Oc/riculanorum, IIII/viri (sic, for 'viro') aediles (sic, for 'aedili'), IIIIviri (sic, for ‘viro’) iur/e ed(i)c(undo) (sic, for ‘dicundo’), IIII(viro) quinq(uennali), cives ei (sic, perhaps ‘et’) /(6) plebei hoc emerito stat/uam huic posuerunt, q/ui t(h)ermas (h)iemalis ad pristi/nam dig(nitatem) restauravit et d(e)d(i)c(a)v(it). // (on left side) P(o)s(i)t(a) diae (sic, pro die) III nonas No(vem)b(res).
Trans:
To Caius Volusius Victor, quaestor of the city (res publica) of Ocriculum, member of the board of four, aedilis, member of the board of four man with jurisdictional power (IIIIvir iure dicundo), member of the board of four men elected for five years, the citizens and plebeians, this being completed, set up a statue to this man, on account of his service, who restored the winter baths to their former condition and dedicated them. (on left side) Set up on the third day before the Nones of November.
