DiscussionBase for statue (subject unstated), re-erected by Turcius Apronianus, prefect of the City. Rome. 362-364. INSCRIPTIONIn five lines. Letter height 6 cm. Turcius / Apronianus / v(ir) c(larissimus) / praef(ectus) urbi / curavit. 'Turcius Apronianus, of clarissimus rank, prefect of the city, took care [of it].' The inscription records the re-erection of a statue by the prefect of the City. DESCRIPTION (CIL and photo) White marble base, inserted into wall. 85 x 65 cm. The epigraphic field is framed by moulding. It is deep and rough, a clear sign of erasure of an earlier inscription. It measures 70 x 45 cm. PROVENANCE ANDCURRENT LOCATION Our base was found in the Campus Martius, near the church of Santa Maria della Pace. It is now in the Vatican Museums, Galleria Lapidaria . III, 20 (inv. 8946). HONORAND, AWARDER AND DATE The inscription records the re-dedication of a statue restored or moved from a different location. The subject of the statue is not stated. The official responsible for it was the prefect of the City in 362-364 Lucius Turcius Apronianus (PLRE I, 88-89 Apronianus 10). Main ReferenceCorpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1655a (+p. 4727)Discussion ReferencesJones, A. H. M. et al., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. I 260-395, Cambridge et al. 1971 (1975), pp. 88-89 (Apronianus 10) |
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