Gli interventi di recupero nella porticus post scaenam del teatro di Terracina e una nuova dedica di statua per Costanzo II

In 2020, after archaeological excavation’s resumption at the Roman theater of Terracina, in the porticus post scaenam it was identified a limestone base of statue, covered by the foundation wall of a modern building demolished during excavation activities. The inscription, a dedication to the emperor Flavius Iulius Constantius, is engraved on an older support datable to the early imperial age. The piece, once removed from its original location, was repositioned at the edge of the porticus, leaning its rear part against one of the columns. The discovery is of great interest both for monumental complex’s study and for technical and methodological approach implemented to arrive to a correct reading. Firstly the dedication helps to define a terminus ante quem for porticus usability, secondly inscription’s conservation state, determined by its history and by the fact that it has been reused, in order to achieve an integral reading, required the use, together with three-dimensional survey techniques, of MSII filtering.