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Significance
Inscription Type: 
Statue Base
Benefaction Type(s): 
Cash: Foundation
Dedicator: 
Lucius Caecilius Optatus
Location: 
Barcino (Modern Find Spot: Barcelona)
Catalog Info
Modern Biblio: 
Gómez-Pantoja, J.L., Rodríguez Ceballos, M., 2006. ¡Fiesta! Una nota sobre los festivales y espectáculos ciudadanos de Hispania, in: Rodríguez Neila, J.F., Melchor Gil, E. (Eds.), Poder Central Y Autonomía Municipal: La Proyección Pública de Las Élites Romanas de Occidente. Altilis, Córdoba, pp. 359–384.
Corpus: 
II 4514; ILS 6957; AE 1980, 593
HE Record Number: 
10184
Reign: 
Marcus Aurelius
Details
Key Phrases: 
locus datus decreto decurionum
Other Notes About the Text: 

statue base records benefaction; honorably discharged by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus; admitted by people of Barcelona; gave money for games and oil at baths; on condition that his liberti and liberti of his liberti exempt from paying for sevirate; if condition of donation not met, money transferred to Tarraco. Benefaction Type Details: { benefaction_details_1: 'goods', benefaction_details_2: 'spectacle; games', benefaction_details_3: 'oil at baths', }.