Literary record of gilded bronze statue of Theoderic, king of Ostrogothic Italy. Rome. 493-526
... cuius rei gratia a senatu inauratam statuam meruit.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Not specified by our source
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Bronze, gilded
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
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Width(cm):
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SUBJECT
Honorand:
Theoderic
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Senate of Rome
Position:
Senate and People of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
493
Latest :
526
MAIN REFERENCE
Mommsen, Th. (ed.), Chronica Minora Saec. IV. V. VI. VII, vol. II (Monumenta Germaniae Historica Auctorum Antiquissimorum Tomus XI), Berlin 1894, 283 (Isidore, Hist. Goth. 39)
TEXT
Text:
Isidore of Seville, Historia Gothorum 39: Inde Italiam repetens aliquamdiu omni cum prosperitate regnavit per quem etiam urbis Romae dignitas non parva est restituta: muros namque eius iste redintegravit, cuius rei gratia a senatu inauratam statuam meruit.
Trans:
Isidore of Seville, Historia Gothorum 39: From here he returned to Italy and reigned for a considerable time with all prosperity. Also the city of Rome was restored by him to great dignity: for he repaired her walls, and thanks to this he deserved a gilded statue from the Senate.
