Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.35.6
Six Honorary Statue Bases from Iader
Kornelija A. Giunio
; Archaeological Museum Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Nikola Cesarik
orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-0687
; Department of historical and social sciences of HAZU in Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
David Štrmelj
; Zadar
Abstract
During the archaeological excavations on Poljana pape Ivana Pavla II in Zadar, six Roman monumental statue bases with inscriptions were discovered in the foundations of a mediaeval wall. They were submerged in a mixture of rainwater and the nearby sea. Because of the importance of the find, all the bases were removed from the foundations and promptly conserved. After the conservation, the statue bases were brought back to the newly organised archaeological park, which is now connected to the complex of the Roman Forum and includes the mediaeval wall. The persons who were honoured in the inscriptions on the statue bases in Iader come from almost all the social classes of the Roman world – from senators and equestrians to the municipal elite and the sons of freedmen. Each of the inscriptions deserves full attention, and they are chronologically analysed in separate chapters.
Keywords
honorary statue bases; Iader; legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis; praefectus civitatium; equestrians; senator; municipal elite; praetorian
Hrčak ID:
212023
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2018.
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