Base for statue of Caius Marius Eventius, defensor of Fanum Fortunae and neighbouring towns. Fanum Fortunae or Ravenna (Flaminia et Picenum). Late fourth to earlier fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Fanum Fortunae
Province:
Flaminia et Picenum
Region:
Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details:
First recorded in Ravenna, near the church of S. Apollinare Nuovo, in 1514
Current Location:
No recent record
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Form:
Unknown
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Width(cm):
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Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Caius Marius Eventius
Position:
Civilian Imperial Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Council and citizens (ordo et cives) of Fanum
Position:
Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest:
385
Latest :
450
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 15
INSCRIPTION
Text:
C(aio) Mario Eventio, c(larissimo) v(iro), fidelissimo, / in annis [i]uv[e]nalib(us) advocato, / postea iussu sacro per quinquen[ni]um / huius civitat(is) sed(is) et vicinarum urbium /(5) probatissim(o) defensori, pro insigni[b(us)] eiu[s] / erga ordinem possessores et cives meritis / ad[q(ue)] beneficiis, perpetuitat[i] eius nominis posteris / retinenda[e], statuam quae et ipsi pro ac[ti]b(us) suis / testimonium perhiberet et exemplo eius ad /(10) probatissimam defensionem sui ceteros incitaret, / ordo et cives fanest(renses) sumptu proprio / conlocaverunt.
Trans:
To Caius Marius Eventius, of clarissimus rank, a most loyal man, an advocate during the years of his youth, [and] later, by imperial command, for five years the most esteemed defensor of the territory of this city and of the neighbouring towns. On account of his distinguished services and benefactions towards the council (ordo), landowners (possessores) and citizens, [and] in order to perpetuate his name for posterity, the council (ordo) and citizens of Fanum set up [this] statue, at their own expense, that it might serve, both as testimony to him himself of his deeds, and might inspire others, through his example, to exercise the office of defensor in the most upright manner.
