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Inscriptions: Base of a statue for Fortuna in Thubursicum Numidarum

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Identification

Reference as: MPL00430
Title Base of a statue for Fortuna in Thubursicum Numidarum
Trismegistos-No. 201047

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Thubursicum Numidarum
Find Context This dedicatory inscription concerns a statue of the Felicitas and was realized on the occasion of the restoration of the Forum Novum under Flavius Atilius Theodotus, legatus Numidiae, and the proconsul Q. Clodius Hermogenianus, in the years 361-362.
Latitude 36.1978
Longitude 7.65238
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type base
Material marble
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 120.0 cm

height: 53.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 6.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 6.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceVerse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function building / dedicatory inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations


HORTARISINVITAM
MISCENSADVERSASEC
DIS
CLODIVSHERMOGENA
5PROCONSVLATVSALV
BRI
THEODOTICVRALEGA
TIDEDICATARCEM
HOSEGOIANVARIVS
10VERSVSFORMARECV
RAVI

Hortaris in vitam,
miscens adversa sec(un)-
dis.
Clodius Hermogena
5proconsulatu salu-
bri
Theodoti cura lega-
ti dedicat arcem.
Hos ego Ianuarius
10versus formare cu-
ravi.

Hortaris in vitam, miscens adversa sec(un)dis.
Clodius Hermogena proconsulatu salubri
Theodoti cura legati dedicat arcem.
Hos ego Ianuarius versus formare curavi.
Apparatus

Text follows CLE.
l. 2: Mixing adversity with success, it indicates the goddess Fortune. (cfr. Lucan. 5, 2).

Main Translation

Translation You urge to life, o Fortuna, by blending unfavorable and lucky situations. Clodius Hermoagena, during his beneficial proconsulate and also with the haste of the legatus Theodotus, dedicates this elevated place. I, Ianuarius, made this verses.
Citation Team Mappola

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameClodius Hermogena (= Q. Clodius Hermogenianus)
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RankOrdo senatorius
    ProfessionImperial and municipal staff
    RoleDedicator
  • NameTheodotus (= Flavius Atilius Theodotus)
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    RankOrdo senatorius
    ProfessionImperial and municipal staff
    RoleDedicator
  • NameIanuarius
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60) [precision: undetermined]
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    ProfessionOther profession
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 361 AD
Date (To) 362 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • names

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Editing History

Created 2026-03-11, by Mirko Tasso
Work Status Complete
Import Notice
Revisions
  1. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-11 10:08
  2. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-11 10:29
  3. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-11 10:32
  4. by Mirko Tasso
    at 2023-09-12 15:16
  5. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-10 10:35
  6. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-03-10 12:26
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-03-11 12:51
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