ISic000624: Fragments of consular fasti

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo J. Prag 2017-03-22
ID
ISic000624
Language
Latin
Text type
list of magistrates
Object type
plaque
Status
No data
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Apparatus criticus

  • Provisional text after Manganaro and Salomies

Physical description

Support

Description
Six fragments of a marble plaque, of which five join, and a sixth is distinct.
Object type
plaque
Material
marble
Condition
fragments
Dimensions
height: cm, width: cm, depth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text preserved belongs to a single column of text, with the sixth fragment belonging to the same column as the others, and containing the end of the column of text; at least one further column must have stood to the right originally.
Text condition
incomplete
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Tauromenium
Provenance found
Recovered during the Terme Romane excavations, and now on display in the Antiquarium del Teatro antico
Map

Current location

Place
Taormina, Italy
Repository
Antiquarium del Teatro Antico
Autopsy
None
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Date

After 8 BCE (assuming that it was produced at the same time as the associated calendar), and probably Augustan rather than Tiberian (so Ruck), so between 8 BCE and 14 CE. (8 BC – AD 14)
Evidence
No data

Text type

list of magistrates

commentary

The preserved consular fasti cover the years 39-34 and 31-28 BCE. The material and lettering of the list makes it almost certain that these are part of the same monumental display of the calendar and local aedilician and duumviral fasti (for which see ISic000662), but it is not possible to connect them directly. Ruck argues that the calendar post-dates 8 BCE, but is probably Augustan; she also argues that the preserved consular fragments belong to a single column, with the lower fragment marking the end of a column. Consequently at least one more column must have existed, to carry the consuls down to at least 8 BCE. But whether these fasti stood on the same surface as the calendar or another part of the underlying monument is unknown.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
8/2/2024