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  • Greek Anthology 9.688

    Unknown
    εἰς πύλην τοῦ Ἄργους τήνδε πύλην λάεσσιν ἐυξέστοις ἀραρυῖαν, ἀμφότερον, κόσμον τε πάτρῃ] καὶ θάμβος ὁδίταις, τεῦξε Κλέης Κλεάδας ἀγανῆς πόσις εὐπατερείης, Λερναίων ἀδύτων περιώσιος ὀργιοφάντης, τερπόμενος δώροισιν ἀγασθενέων βασιλήων:

    Text Category: Literature: epigram
    Century Range: 3rd century CE

  • Greek Anthology 7.679

    St. Sophronius the Patriarch
    τοῦ καὶ κάλλεα πάντα, τάπερ πτόλις ἔλλαχεν αὕτη, εἰσὶ φιλοφροσύνης κόσμος ἀρειοτάτης

    Text Category: Inscription: epitaph
    Century Range: 7th century CE
    Location: Alexandria

  • Greek Anthology 6.142

    Anacreon
    σάν τε χάριν, Διόνυσε, καὶ ἀγλαὸν ἄστεϊ κόσμον Θεσσαλίας μ᾽ ἀνέθηκ᾽ ἀρχὸς Ἐχεκρατίδας.

    Text Category: Literature: epigram
    Century Range: 6th century BCE
    Location: Thessaly

  • Greek Anthology 6.40

    Simonides
    τόνδε ποθ᾽ Ἕλληνες ῥώμῃ χερός, ἔργῳ Ἄρηος, εὐτόλμῳ ψυχῆς λήματι πειθόμενοι, Πέρσας ἐξελάσαντες, ἐλεύθερον Ἑλλάδι κόσμον ἱδρύσαντο Διὸς βωμὸν Ἐλευθερίου.

    Text Category: Literature: epigram
    Century Range: 5th century BCE
    Date: after 479
    Location: Athens

  • AE 2000, 00344 = AE 2003, +00279 = AE 2004, +00423 = AE 2007, +00359

    Unknown
    Augustales corp(orati) si heredi meo caverent hanc voluntatem meam ratam / futuram neq(ue) in alias usus pecuniam i(nfra) s(criptam) erogaturos transferturosve / et ex reditu{s} pequniae(!) erogaturos quod annis ut infra scriptum est / simulacris Geni(i) municipi(i) et classis Tutelae tergendis ungendisq(ue) [3] | quoq(ue) ex HS IIII n(ummum) item viola exornandis HS XVI n(ummum) itemq(ue) rosa or/nandis HS XVI n(ummum) et ad cepotafium meum quod annis die Parenta/liorum luctatorib(us) paribus decem in eo loco victoribus sing(ulis) HS VIII / superatis sing(ulis) HS IIII n(ummum) oleum HS XVI n(ummum) vernis HS LX n(ummum) conducto/ri harenae HS VIII n(ummum) sepulcro exornando viola HS XVI item ro/sa HS XVI n(ummum)... cum Nymphidia Monime quondam Comini Abascanti / collegae nostri tam circa exornationem municipi(i) / munifici quam erga sanctissimo decurionum / ordini nobisque ac municipibus nostris debitam / gratiam admodum rei familiaris suae liberalis / uxor secuta mariti sui peculiarem munificentiam / obsequentissime reuerenterque nos fovere perseve/rans non solum suo verum etiam memoriae eius / suffragantis ei aput nos nomine honorificum de no/bis mereatur titulum conveniatque nobis hanc / eius bonam voluntatem digne remunerare / placere Augustalibus Nymphidiam Monimen in / corpore nostro adlegi eique sportulas dierum / sollemnium ac divisiones quas viritim ac/cipimus dari

    Text Category: Inscription: base
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 148-149
    Location: Campania: Misenum

  • CIL 08, 22699 = ILAfr 00016 = ILTun 00017 = BCTH-1993/95-91 = AE 1915, 00045

    Unknown
    Q(uintus) Servaeus Q(uinti) f(ilius) Quir(ina)] / Macer adlectus / in quinq(ue) dec(uriis) a / divo Hadriano /a Bronze wolf lupam aeream / quam ad ornamen/[t]um municipii / [p]romiserat cum / [Ro]mulo et Remo de/[dit] idemq(ue) dedic(avit)

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 163-164
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Gigthis

  • CIL 08, 14728

    Unknown
    [Beatissimis tempo]ribus florenti[ssimoque saeculo domi]/[norum nostro]rum Gratiani Valentiniani et The[odosi perpetuorum semper Augustorum] / [Vi]rio Adventio Aemiliano clarissimo et eminent[issimo viro vice procons(ule) e]t Cl[audio 3] / [3]o v(iro) c(larissimo) leg(ato) p(rovinciae) N(umidiae) arcum triumfalem funditus quadr[atis lapidibus olim] extruc[t]um [sed deinde] / [eo]rundem lapidum coniunctionis adf(e)ctat<u=F>[m hiatu et de]relict[um 3] / [et a]d ornamentum splendidissimae civi[tatis 3]RE[3 propriis] / [su]mptibus Crepereius Felicissi[mus 3 cum Crepere]io <G=C>lyce[ro fi]/[lio] suo fl(amine) p(er)p(etuo) construxit [3 dedi]cavi[

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 4th century CE
    Date: 390-399
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Ghardimaou

  • CIL 08, 08466 (p 1920)

    Unknown
    Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) / divi Hadr(iani) fil(io) di/vi Trai(ani) Part(hici) nepoti / divi Nervae pronep(oti) / T(ito) Aelio Hadr(iano) Antonino / Aug(usto) Pio pon(tifici) max(imo) trib(unicia) / pot(estate) XVIIII imp(eratori) II co(n)s(uli) IIII p(atri) p(atriae) / L(ucius) P(etronius) M(arci) f(ilius) Arnensis(!) / Ianuarius aed(ilis) ex Hs VI(milibus) n(ummum) quae / in ornamentum civita/tis ex liberalitate sua ob / honorem aed(ilitatis) praeter / legitimam summam / promiserat d(e)d(it)q(ue)

    Text Category: Inscription: base
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 138-161
    Location: Mauretania Caesariensis: Sitifis

  • CIL 08, 01828 (p 2722) = ILTun 01645 = D 05783

    Unknown
    qui temporibus cura[e suae] / inter cetera [beneficia etiam] / ornamentum moenibus/ et salutem civibus / perpetu(u)m perductis / fontibus contulerit / populus curiar(um) X / loco ab ordine dato / alteram statuam posuit / et ob dedicationem / decurionib(us) sportulas / curis epul(um) act[o]res eius / deder(unt)

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Altiburus

  • CIL 08, 01500 = CIL 08, 01501 = CIL 08, 01502 = CIL 08, 15509 = ILAfr 00514 = Dougga-01, p 183

    Unknown
    Q(uintus) Gabinius Rufus Felix B/eatianus multiplicata a se pec/unia ob honorem parentum su/[oru]m H[S 3 mil(ibus) n(ummum) ad ornamentum patriae su]ae sua liberalitate constitutis / [p]erfecit excoluit et cum statuis cete/risque solo privato dedicavit ludis edi(tis) / (da)tis sportulis et epulo et gymnasio

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Date: 222-235
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Thugga: Sanctuary of Caelestis

  • CIL 06, 01793 (p 3174, 4763)

    Council of Saena
    / probitate morum, indus/triaque vivendi adque utris/que litteris erudito, iam inde / a maioribus suis inlustribusq(ue) /(5) familiis civitatis patrono, cuius / opera ac beneficio recepit civitas elemen/tum, cuius meatum series temporis vetus/tasque consumserat; nam, eius cura sump/tuque, aqua modo non diist (sic, for ‘deest’) necessa/riis usibus civitatis, berum (sic, for ‘verum’) etiam in eru/endo plurimis iocis (sic, for ‘locis’) splendidissimum /(12) urbi pr(a)estitit ornamentum. Huic igitur, ob / haec insignia genera meritorum, statuam Saenen/sium ordo decrevit, adque in aeterne urbis /(15) privatis eius aedebus (sic, for‘aedibus’) conlocavit. // (on the side) Dedic(ata) Id(ib)us Aug(ustis) dd(ominis) nn(ostris) / Arcadio III et Honorio II / Augg(ustis) conss(ulibus).

    Text Category: Inscription: base
    Century Range: 4th century CE
    Date: 394
    Location: Latium: Rome

  • CIL 03, 06073 = CIL 03, 07129 = D 00951 = IK-11-01, 00019b

    Unknown
    Paullus Fa]bius Persicus pontif(ex) / [sodalis Aug]ustalis frater arvali[s // multae enim aedaes deo]/[ru]m ignibus cons[umptae aut] ruina{e} con[lapsae] / [3]acent templum [ip]sum Dianae cum sit o[rna]/[m]entum provinciae et operis magnifice[ntia

    Text Category: Inscription: edict
    Century Range: 1st century CE
    Date: 44-55
    Location: Asia: Ephesus

  • CIL 03, 06066 = CIL 03, 06067 = CIL 03, 06068 = CIL 03, 06069 = CIL 03, 06091 = CIL 03, 07124 = CIL 03, 07125 = CIL 03, 14195,19 = CIL 03, 14195,20 = CIL 03, 14195,21 = CIL 03, 14195,22 = CIL 03, 14195,23 = IK-11-01, 00019a = IK-15, 01805 = +ASG-2019-104

    Unknown
    multae enim aedes deorum ignibus consumpt]ae aut ruinae / [conlapsae iacent templum ipsum Dianae cum sit ornamentum provinciae et operis magnifi]centia

    Text Category: Inscription: edict
    Century Range: 1st century CE
    Date: 44-55
    Location: Asia: Ephesus

  • AE 1992, 01800 = AE 2017, 01711

    Unknown
    Cn(aeus) Apertius L(uci) fil(ius) Gaetulicus duoviralis vir Cerealicius splendidissimae col(oniae) Karthaginis Abbir Maius humanissimus in singulos cives et in patriam liberalissimus ad ornamentum civitatis ordo statuam de sportulis suis faciendam decrevit in foro loco cum basi constituit l(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)

    Text Category: Inscription
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Abbir Maius

  • Life of Marcellus 21.1

    Plutarch
    τὸν δὲ Μάρκελλον ἀνακαλουμένων τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐπὶ τὸν ἐγχώριον καὶ σύνοικον πόλεμον, ἐπανερχόμενος τὰ πλεῖστα καὶ κάλλιστα τῶν ἐν Συρακούσαις ἐκίνησεν ἀναθημάτων, ὡς αὐτῷ τε πρὸς τὸν θρίαμβον ὄψις εἴη καὶ τῇ πόλει κόσμος.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Chaeronea

  • Comparison of Pericules and Fabius Maximus 13.5

    Plutarch
    ἔργων γε μὴν μεγέθεσι καὶ ναῶν καὶ κατασκευαῖς οἰκοδομημάτων, ἐξ ὧν ἐκόσμησεν ὁ Περικλῆς τὰς Ἀθήνας, οὐκ ἄξιον ὁμοῦ πάντα τὰ πρὸ τῶν Καισάρων φιλοτιμήματα τῆς Ῥώμης παραβαλεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔξοχόν τι πρὸς ἐκεῖνα καὶ ἀσύγκριτον ἡ τούτων ἔσχε μεγαλουργία καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια τὸ πρωτεῖον.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Chaeronea

  • Life of Artaxerxes 25.1

    Plutarch
    ἐπεὶ δὲ εἰς σταθμὸν κατέβη βασιλικόν παραδείσους ἔχοντα θαυμαστοὺς καὶ κεκοσμημένους διαπρεπῶς ἐν τῷ πέριξ ἀδένδρῳ καὶ ψιλῷ χωρίῳ

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Chaeronea

  • Life of Antony 65.3

    Plutarch
    διὸ καὶ τοῖς ἐμβόλοις τὸν τόπον κοσμῶν ὕστερον ἔστησε χαλκοῦν ὄνον καὶ ἄνθρωπον.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Chaeronea

  • Life of Pericles 12.1

    Plutarch
    ὃ δὲ πλείστην μὲν ἡδονὴν ταῖς Ἀθήναις καὶ κόσμον ἤνεγκε, μεγίστην δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔκπληξιν ἀνθρώποις, μόνον δὲ τῇ Ἑλλάδι μαρτυρεῖ μὴ ψεύδεσθαι τὴν λεγομένην δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἐκείνην καὶ τὸν παλαιὸν ὄλβον, ἡ τῶν ἀναθημάτων κατασκευή, τοῦτο μάλιστα τῶν πολιτευμάτων τοῦ Περικλέους ἐβάσκαινον οἱ ἐχθροὶ καὶ διέβαλλον ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Chaeronea

  • Life of Pericles 12.4

    Plutarch
    δεῖ δὲ τῆς πόλεως κατεσκευασμένης ἱκανῶς τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον, εἰς ταῦτα τὴν εὐπορίαν τρέπειν αὐτῆς ἀφ᾽ ὧν δόξα μὲν γενομένων ἀΐδιος, εὐπορία δὲ γινομένων ἑτοίμη παρέσται, παντοδαπῆς ἐργασίας φανείσης καὶ ποικίλων χρειῶν, αἳ πᾶσαν μὲν τέχνην ἐγείρουσαι, πᾶσαν δὲ χεῖρα κινοῦσαι, σχεδὸν ὅλην ποιοῦσιν ἔμμισθον τὴν πόλιν, ἐξ αὑτῆς ἅμα κοσμουμένην καὶ τρεφομένην.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Chaeronea

  • Life of Pericles 8.2

    Plutarch
    διὸ καὶ τὴν ἐπίκλησιν αὐτῷ γενέσθαι λέγουσι: καίτοι τινὲς ἀπὸ τῶν οἷς ἐκόσμησε τὴν πόλιν, οἱ δ᾽ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ καὶ ταῖς στρατηγίαις δυνάμεως Ὀλύμπιον αὐτὸν οἴονται προσαγορευθῆναι

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Chaeronea

  • Geography 14.2.25

    Strabo
    Στρατονίκεια δ᾽ ἐστὶ κατοικία Μακεδόνων: ἐκοσμήθη δὲ καὶ αὕτη κατασκευαῖς πολυτελέσιν ὑπὸ τῶν βασιλέων.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
    Location: Rome or Alexandria

  • Geography 14.2.23

    Strabo
    τὰ δὲ Μύλασα ἵδρυται ἐν πεδίῳ σφόδρα εὐδαίμονι: ὑπέρκειται δὲ κατὰ κορυφὴν ὄρος αὐτοῦ, λατόμιον λευκοῦ λίθου κάλλιστον ἔχον: τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὄφελός ἐστιν οὐ μικρόν, τὴν λιθείαν πρὸς τὰς οἰκοδομίας ἄφθονον καὶ ἐγγύθεν ἔχον καὶ μάλιστα πρὸς τὰς τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων δημοσίων ἔργων κατασκευάς: τοιγάρτοι στοαῖς τε καὶ ναοῖς εἴ τις ἄλλη κεκόσμηται παγκάλως.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
    Location: Rome or Alexandria

  • Geography 14.2.5

    Strabo
    θαυμαστὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ εὐνομία καὶ ἡ ἐπιμέλεια πρός τε τὴν ἄλλην πολιτείαν καὶ τὴν περὶ τὰ ναυτικά, ἀφ᾽ ἧς ἐθαλαττοκράτησε πολὺν χρόνον καὶ τὰ λῃστήρια καθεῖλε καὶ Ῥωμαίοις ἐγένετο φίλη καὶ τῶν βασιλέων τοῖς φιλορωμαίοις τε καὶ φιλέλλησιν: ἀφ᾽ ὧν αὐτόνομός τε διετέλεσε καὶ πολλοῖς ἀναθήμασιν ἐκοσμήθη, ἃ κεῖται τὰ μὲν πλεῖστα ἐν τῷ Διονυσίῳ καὶ τῷ γυμνασίῳ, ἄλλα δ᾽ ἐν ἄλλοις τόποις.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
    Location: Rome or Alexandria

  • Geography 14.1.43

    Strabo
    Νῦσα δ᾽ ἵδρυται πρὸς τῇ Μεσωγίδι τὸ πλέον τῷ ὄρει προσανακεκλιμένη, ἔστι δ᾽ ὥσπερ δίπολις: διαιρεῖ γὰρ αὐτὴν χαράδρα τις ποιοῦσα φάραγγα, ἧς τὸ μὲν γέφυραν ἐπικειμένην ἔχει συνάπτουσαν τὰς δύο πόλεις, τὸ δ᾽ ἀμφιθεάτρῳ κεκόσμηται κρυπτὴν ἔχοντι τὴν ὑπόρρυσιν τῶν χαραδρωδῶν ὑδάτων

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
    Location: Rome or Alexandria