Literary record of bronze statue for Sextus Aurelius Victor, historian and provincial governor (consularis) of Pannonia Secunda. Probably Sirmium (Pannonia Secunda). 361
Pannoniae Secundae consularem praefecit et honoravit aenea statua
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Sirmium
Province:
Pannonia II
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
n/a
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Bronze
Re-Use?
Unknown
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SUBJECT
Honorand:
Sextus Aurelius Victor
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Julian
Position:
Emperors
DATE
Earliest:
361
Latest :
361
MAIN REFERENCE
Seyfarth, W. (ed.), Ammiani Marcellini rerum gestarum libri qui supersunt, vol. I, libri XIV-XXV, Leipzig 1978, 231
TEXT
Text:
Ammianus Marcellinus 21, 10, 6: Ubi Victorem apud Sirmium visum, scriptorem historicum, exindeque venire praeceptum Pannoniae Secundae consularem praefecit et honoravit aenea statua, virum sobrietatis gratia aemulandum, multo post urbi praefectum.
Trans:
Ammianus Marcellinus 21, 10, 6: There (scil: at Naissus) he made Victor, the historian whom he had met at Sirmium and whom he had adviced to come from there, provincial governor (consularis) of Pannonia Secunda, and he honoured him with a bronze statue, a man who must be emulated for his sobriety, who became prefect of the city much later.
