DiscussionLost base for posthumous statue of Munatius Plancus Paulinus, governor of Pannonia in the early first century A.D.; erected by a Crepereius Amantius, a descendant. Rome. 300-360. INSCRIPTIONIn nine lines. Munatio / Planco / Paulino, / v(iro) c(larissimo), praesidi /(5) Pann(oniae) per ann(os) XVII. / Crepereius Amantius, v(ir) c(larissimus), / et Ca[ei]onia Marina, c(larissima) f(emina), eius, / ab abo (sic, for ‘avo’) / suo. 'To Munatius Plancus Paulinus, of clarissimus rank, governor of Pannonia for 17 years. Crepereius Amantius, of clarissimus rank, and Caeonia Marina, of clarissimus rank, his wife, (set this up) to his ancestor.' DESCRIPTION There is no description available. PROVENANCE AND CURRENT LOCATION The provenance of this base is unknown. It was first recorded as in the Palazzo of Cardinal Crescenzi in the Campus Martius, next to the Pantheon (Lanciani 1990, Pl. 15). The base is now lost (CIL). HONORAND, AWARDER AND DATE Munatius Plancus Paulinus was governor of Pannonia for 17 years under the rule of Tiberius, from 26 to 37 A.D. His descendant, Crepereius Amantius (PLRE I, 51 Amantius 3), might be identical with the consul of 345, Flavius Amantius (PLRE I, 51 Amantius 4). Main ReferenceCorpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1743 (+p. 4749)Μιτσός, Μ. Θ., Ἀπὸ τοὺς καταλόγους Ἀθηναίων Ἐφήβων κλπ. (ΙΙΙ) , Ἀρχαιολογικὴ Ἐφημερίς , 1971, 56-65, Discussion ReferencesJones, A. H. M. et al., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. I 260-395, Cambridge et al. 1971 (1975), p. 51 (Amantius 3 and 4) Lanciani, R., Forma Urbis Romae, Rome 1990, Pl. 15 |
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