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LSA-640 Literary testimony to statue of Galerius, emperor. Antiochia ad Orontem (Syria). 293-305

Maximiani statua Caesaris, quae locata est in vestibulo regiae, amisit repente sphaeram aeream ...









PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Antiochia ad Orontem Province: Syria Region: Near East, with Cyprus
Details: Vestibule of imperial palace
Current Location: Lost
OBJECT
Object: Statue Material: Unknown Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Text Type:
SUBJECT
Honorand: Galerius Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Unknown Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 293 Latest : 305
MAIN REFERENCE
Ammianus Marcellinus, J.C. Rolfe (transl.), Ammianus Marcellinus , Cambridge MA 1939, Ammianus Marcellinus 25, 10, 2

TEXT
Text: Nam et Maximiani statua Caesaris, quae locata est in vestibulo regiae, amisit repente sphaeram aeream formatam in speciem poli, quam gestabat, et cum horrendo stridore sonuerunt in consistorio trabes, et visa sunt interdiu sidera cometarum, super quorum natura ratiocinantes physici variant. Trans: For also the statue of Maximian Caesar which is standing in the vestibule of the palace suddenly dropped the bronze sphere shaped in the form of a globe, which it held, and the beams within the consistory resounded with a terrifying noise, and in the daytime comets were spotted, about the nature of which scientists of nature hold different theories.
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