DiscussionBase for statue of Sextus Cluvius Martinus, local notable and patron. From Ocriculum (Tuscia et Umbria). 341. Dedicated with LSA-1633. INSCRIPTIONIn 15 lines. Bonae originis suboli et sin/ceritate praecipua prae/dito, Sex(to) Cluvio Martino, / omnibus honoribus functo, /(5) laudabili viro, restauratori / thermarum hiemalium cum M(arco) / Caesolio Saturnino, fratre suo, / pro tantis meritis erga se, /(9) ordo et cives splendidis/simae civitatis Ocricola/nae statuam marmore/am patrono dignissimo / ad perenne testimonium / publice censuerunt /(15) feliciter. // Dedicata XVI Kal(endas) / Decembres / Marcellino et / Probino conss(ulibus). 'To the offshoot of a good lineage and a man gifted with outstanding integrity, Sextus Cluvius Martinus, who performed all public magistracies, a laudable man, restorer of the winter baths with Marcus Caesonius Saturninus, his brother. On account of so many services towards them, the council and citizens (ordo et cives) of the most splendid city of Ocriculum publicly and auspiciously decreed [this] marble statue to its most worthy patron, as a perpetual memorial. (On the right side): Dedicated on the 16th Kalends of December, under the consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus.' (transl. U. Gehn) The inscription records the dedication of a statue to a civic benefactor, for works carried out in the public baths of the city. A nearly identical inscription records a statue to his brother (LSA-1633). The works were also celebrated in a building inscription (CIL XI, 4095), of the same date. DESCRIPTION (CIL) Front of large marble base. PROVENANCE AND LOCATION The provenance of our base was not recorded. It was certainly set up with LSA-1633 in the Winter Baths of Ocriculum, as the inscription tells us. The Winter Baths were part of a large bathing complex of early imperial date (Sisani 2006, 212). LSA-2682 records other works in the same complex, also in the fourth century. Our base is now in the Vatican Museums, Galleria Lapidaria. HONORAND, AWARDER AND DATE Sextus Cluvius Martinus was a member of the local elite, and occupied all magistracies in the city. He was a man of laudabilis rank, and our statue was set up by the ordo and citizens of Ocriculum, as a sign of gratitude for the works that he and his brother carried out in the Winter Baths. The inscription is dated to 341. Main ReferenceCorpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 4096 (+p 1363) = VI, 871 (p 3007)Discussion ReferencesSisani, S., Umbria, Marche (Guide Archeologiche Laterza), Bari 2006, |
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