DiscussionLost base for statue of Anicia Faltonia Proba; erected by her son and daughter-in-law. Rome. 395. INSCRIPTIONIn eight lines. Aniciae Faltoniae, / inlustrissimae et / sanctissimae, / castissimae feminae. /(5) Hermogenianus Olybrius, / v(ir) c(larissimus), consul ordinarius, / et Anicia Iuliana, c(larissima) f(emina), / d(onum) d(ederunt). 'To Anicia Faltonia, most illustrious and most blessed, most chaste woman. Hermogenianus Olybrius, of clarissimus rank, consul ordinarius, and Anicia Iuliana, of clarisimus rank, presented [this] gift.' DESCRIPTION There is no description available. PROVENANCE AND CURRENT LOCATION The provenance of our base is uncertain. It was first recorded as part of the collection of Cardinal Cesi, near the basilica of S. Peter. A number of dedications to Probus and his wife Proba were part of the cardinal's collection, all of them dedicated by their children. The familial character of these dedications (see below) indicates that they must have come from a family domus or monument, possibly even from the family's mausoleum in that area (Machado 2011, 511-512). The base is now lost. HONORAND, AWARDER AND DATE Anicia Faltonia Proba was wife of Sextus Petronius Probus (PLRE I, 736-740 Probus 5) and descendant of a distinguished family (PLRE I, 732-733 Proba 3). Our base was dedicated by her son, Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius (PLRE I, 639-640 Olybrius 2), and daughter-in-law, Anicia Iuliana (PLRE I, 468 Iuliana 2), when Olybrius was consul in 395. This dedication was part of a series of dedications carried out by members of the family in name of Probus and Proba on that year: LSA-1459, LSA-1460, LSA-1461 and LSA-1462. Main ReferenceCorpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1756 (+p. 4752)Discussion ReferencesJones, A. H. M. et al., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Vol. I 260-395, Cambridge et al. 1971 (1975), pp. 468 (Iuliana 2), 639-640 (Olybrius 2), 732-733 (Proba 3) and 736-740 (Probus 5) Machado, C., "Roman Aristocrats and the Christianization of Rome", in P. Brown and R. Lizzi Testa (edd), Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire: the Breaking of a Dialogue (Christianity and History, vol. 9), Berlin 2011, pp. 493-516 |
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