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Identification

Reference as: MPL00658
Title Honorific inscription for Constantinus
Trismegistos-No. 591992

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Provenance and Location

Find Place Roma
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Current Location Roma, S. Giorgio al Velabro
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Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary (adjoining fragments)
Dimensions

width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 11.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 14.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

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Function honorific inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

------
[---]AVGMAXI[---]
[]RRAELIBER[---]
[---]TISSVPERB[---]
[---]EXTINCTORIQVEETL[---]
5[---]VMMAG[---]
[---]CERENTCO[---]
[---]EFFVSISSEHABENIS[---]
------
------
[---] Aug(usto) Maxi[mo ---]
[totius orbis te]rrae liber[atori ---]
[---]tis superb[---]
[---]extinctorique et l[---]
5[---]um mag[---]
[---]cerent CO[---]
[---]effusis se habenis [---]
------
------ [] Aug(usto) Maxi[mo --- totius orbis te]rrae liber[atori --- ]tis superb[--- ]extinctorique et l[---] 5[---]um mag[--- ]cerent CO[--- ]effusis se habenis [---]
Apparatus

Text follows Mateos, image checked by S. Orlandi in 2017.
l. 7: [--- Ph]erenico (CLE)-(CIL)
l. 8: [--- ces]sisse(t) habenis (CLE)
Reconstruction suggested by Mateos et. al. 2017:
[Senatus Populusque Romanus?]
[D(omino) N(ostro) Flavio Iulio Constantio Pio Felici]
[victori semper] Aug(usto) maxi[mo riumfatori]
[totius orbis te]rrae liber[atori urbis ac]
[fundatori quie]tis superb[i tyranni fact]=
[ionis extinct]orique et l[ibertatis P(opuli) R(omani) vin]=
[dici in hostes qui c]um ma[gna crudelitate?]
[saevos? interfi]cerent Co[nstantem Aug(usti)]
[fratrem et effu?]sis se habenis [---]
------
The dating to the age of Constantius II is made certain by the reuse in the arch of a base dedicated to Constantine I (AE 2017, 00111 = EDR162832).

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Comment

L. 7 and l. 8 with the respective readings : "[--- Ph]erenico" and "[--- ces]sisse(t)" habenis are considered metrical in CLE.

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Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 353 AD
Date (To) 357 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history
  • archaeology

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Editing History

Created 2025-06-18, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Confirmed
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2023-12-07T10:07:21, ID there: EDR162746
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2023-12-07 10:07
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-06-11 13:59
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-06-11 14:40
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-06-11 14:41
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-13 10:01
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-06-18 09:40
  7. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-18 13:26
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-06-18 13:28
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-18 13:28
  10. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-18 13:29
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-06-18 13:48
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-06-18 13:57
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