Base for statue of Julian, emperor. Ancyra (Galatia Salutaris). 362
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ancyra
Province:
Galatia Salutaris
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
First recorded built into the Byzantine fortress of Ankara, south western bastion ('Bastion B')
Current Location:
Built into the walls of the Byzantine fortress of Ankara.
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Rectangular
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Julian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Saturninius Secundus Salutius
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
362
Latest :
362
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III 247
Conti, S. , Die Inschriften Kaiser Julians, Stuttgart 2004, 73-4 no. 20
Dessau, H., Inscriptiones latinae selectae, Berlin 3rd ed. 1962, no. 754
de Jerphanion S.J., G., Mélanges d'archeologie anatolienne (Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph XIII, 1), Beyrouth 1928, 234-5 no. 8
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Domino totius orbis / Iuliano Augusto / ex Oceano Britannico vi(i)s per /(5) barbaras gentes / strage resistenti/um patefactis adus/que Tigridem una /(9) aestate transvec/to Saturninius / Secundus v(ir) c(larissimus) p̣ṛạẹf̣(ectus) / praet(orio) d(evotus)] n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) [ei(us)].
Trans:
To the lord of the whole civilised world, Julian Augustus; from the Britannic Ocean through [lands of] barbarian peoples, massacring those who resisted, he opened ways and travelled to the Tigris in one summer. Saturninius Secundus, of clarissimus rank, praetorian prefect, devoted to his divine spirit and majesty, [set this up].
