Pedestal in honor of the Divine Augustus, by Caius Arrius Optatus and Caius Iulius Eutychus, two municipal augustalis. Detail of the inscription: "To the divine Augustus. Caius Arrius Optatus and Caius Iulius Eutychus, augustales" (DIVO AVGVSTO C ARRIVS OPTATV C IVLIVS EVTICHVS AVGVSTALES). The pedestal would have sustained a statue of the emperor located originally in the forum of the city of Felicitas Iulia Olisipo. 1st century AD. From Largo do Contador-Mor, nr. 3 and 4, parish of Santa Maria Maior, Lisbon. Portugal. National Archaeology Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

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