DiscussionBase for statue of Constantius I, emperor. Thimida Bure (Africa Proconsularis). 293-305 INSCRIPTIONIn nine lines: Fortissimo / ac nobil(issimo) Cae(sari), / (3) Flavio Vale/rio Constan/tio, res p(ublica) mu/nicipii Thim(idae) / (7) Bure, numini / eorum devo/ta in aeternum. 'To the most powerful and most noble Caesar, Flavius Valerius Constantius; the community of the city (municipium) of Thimida Bure, eternally devoted to their divine spirit, [set this up].' DESCRIPTION There are no published descriptions or measurements of this base, and no published image. PROVENANCE AND CURRENT LOCATION Found in 1884 by Bordier and Tauzia de Lespin. There is no published record of its precise findspot or present location. HONORAND, AWARDER AND DATE The honorand, Constantius I, was Caesar from 293 to 305. The awarder was the city, as usual for imperial statues in Africa. FURTHER DISCUSSION The plural eorum (in line 8) suggests that our base was once part of a group figuring all four tetrarchs, or at least the Augustus Maximian and our honorand, his Caesar Constantius I. Main ReferenceCorpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VIII, no. 15420Lepelley, C., Les cités de l'Afrique romaine au Bas-Empire, t. 2, Notices d'histoire municipale, Paris 1981, p. 197, n. 2 |
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