Inscription of Caius Marius Nigrinus

Statue pedestal with an honorific inscription. As the inscription tells us, it was a monument erected by decree of the decurions of Tarraco in honour of Caius Marius Nigrinus, born in Ausa (present-day Vic), flamen of the province of Hispania Citerior, and erected by his wife Lucretia Montana.

C • MARIO • C • F
GAL • NIGRINO
AVSETANO
FLAM • P • H • C •
EX • D • D• TARRACO-
NENSIVM • HONO-
RE • ACCEPTO • IN
PENSA • LVCRETIAE
MONTANAE • VXORIS

C(aio) Mario C(ai) f(ilio) / G(aleria tribu) Nigrino/ Ausetano / flam(ini) p(rovinciae) H(ispaniae) c(iterioris) / ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) Tarraco- / nensium hono- / re accepto in / pensa Lucretiae / Montanae uxoris.

"To Caius Marius Nigrinus, son of Caius, of the Galeria tribe, a native of Ausa, who was flamen of the province of Hispania Citerior, by decree of the decurions of Tarraco. An honour that his wife Lucretia Montana carried out."

CIL II2 14-2, 1152

Inventory number: MNAT 45104