Rome / Base of the bronze statue of the celebrated Stilicho. Governor of the West in the time of the Emperor Honorius, whose praises are given by the poet Claudian; it originally stood on the rostra of the Forum Romanum; this base is now reserved in the garden of the French Academy, on the Pincian. The following inscription upon it:- / “Viro bis consuli ordinario, magistro utriusque militiae, comiti domesticorum et stabuli sacri, usque ab ineunte aetate per gradus clarissimae militiae ad columen regiae adfinitatis evecto, socio bellorum omnium et victoriarum, adfini etiam divi Theodosii Augusti, itemque socero domini nostri Honorii Augusti: populus Romanus, pro singulari ejus circa se amore adque providentia, statuam ex aere argentoque, in Rostris, ad memoriam gloriae sempiternae, conlocandam decrevit - Exequente Fl. Pisidio Romulo, viro clarissimo, praefecto urbis.” / Cardboard

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Object Identifier: 2000.01.2087
Other Object Numbers: 2087 (Catalogue Number)
Object Name: Base of the bronze statue of the celebrated Stilicho. Governor of the West in the time of the Emperor Honorius, whose praises are given by the poet Claudian; it originally stood on the rostra of the Forum Romanum; this base is now reserved in the garden of the French Academy, on the Pincian. The following inscription upon it:-; “Viro bis consuli ordinario, magistro utriusque militiae, comiti domesticorum et stabuli sacri, usque ab ineunte aetate per gradus clarissimae militiae ad columen regiae adfinitatis evecto, socio bellorum omnium et victoriarum, adfini etiam divi Theodosii Augusti, itemque socero domini nostri Honorii Augusti: populus Romanus, pro singulari ejus circa se amore adque providentia, statuam ex aere argentoque, in Rostris, ad memoriam gloriae sempiternae, conlocandam decrevit - Exequente Fl. Pisidio Romulo, viro clarissimo, praefecto urbis.”
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Photograph
Object Type: Photographs and prints
Publisher: John Henry Parker
Materials: Cardboard

Date

Date: ca 1870-1880 AD

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Rome

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications: A Catalogue of 3300 Photographs of Antiquities in Rome and Italy.

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Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 2000.01.2087
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-2000.01.2087/1

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Full citation: "Rome; Base of the bronze statue of the celebrated Stilicho. Governor of the West in the time of the Emperor Honorius, whose praises are given by the poet Claudian; it originally stood on the rostra of the Forum Romanum; this base is now reserved in the garden of the French Academy, on the Pincian. The following inscription upon it:-; “Viro bis consuli ordinario, magistro utriusque militiae, comiti domesticorum et stabuli sacri, usque ab ineunte aetate per gradus clarissimae militiae ad columen regiae adfinitatis evecto, socio bellorum omnium et victoriarum, adfini etiam divi Theodosii Augusti, itemque socero domini nostri Honorii Augusti: populus Romanus, pro singulari ejus circa se amore adque providentia, statuam ex aere argentoque, in Rostris, ad memoriam gloriae sempiternae, conlocandam decrevit - Exequente Fl. Pisidio Romulo, viro clarissimo, praefecto urbis.”; Cardboard." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-2000.01.2087/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 25, 2025.

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