Base for statue of Anatolius, governor of Achaea. Sparta (Achaea). 375-388
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Sparta
Province:
Achaea
Region:
Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details:
Sparta, theatre
Current Location:
In situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Form:
Cylindrical
Height(cm):
85
Width(cm):
60
Depth(cm):
65
Language:
Greek
Text Type:
Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Anatolius
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
City of Sparta
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
375
Latest :
388
MAIN REFERENCE
Feissel, D. & Philippidis-Braat, A., Inventaires en vue d’un recueil des inscriptions historiques de Byzance, 3. Inscriptions du Péloponnèse, (à l’exception de Mistra)., Travaux et mémoires, 9, Paris 1985, 267-395, p. 288 no. 26
Wealthy Anatolia, from thee the proconsular flower of well-built Rome received his fair name. Being so good he saved Sparta, abounding in good men and true, from every grief, when it happened that she lay in ruins. She (Sparta) gave him a statue in the city, close to (that of) Lykourgos, so that he be always most famous to the people
