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  • AE 1983, 00443a

    Unknown
    Aeternitati Romae et Au]gustor[um] / [cum porticib(us) et orname]nt(is) incoh[avit] / [1 Caecilius Secundus] f(ilius) dedic[avit]

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 1st century CE
    Date: 77-79
    Location: Transpadana: Comum

  • AE 1978, 00501 = AE 1982, 00716 = AE 2006, 00836

    Unknown
    L(ucius) Cerialius Rectus sacerdos R[omae et Aug(ustorum)] IIIIvir q(uinquennalis) pra[efectus latro]cinio [arcendo?] / numinibus Aug(ustorum) pago Catuslou(giniensi?) deo [Marti(?) theatru]m cum proscaenio [et suis ornamentis] d(e) s(ua) [p(ecunia) f(ecit)]

    Text Category: Inscription: votive
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 198-211
    Location: Belgica: Bois-l'Abbé: theatre

  • AE 1973, 00613

    Unknown
    Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) L(uci) Aureli(i) Veri] Aug(usti) Arme[niaci Medici Parthici maximi tribun(icia) pot(estate) 3] / [imp(eratoris) 3 co(n)s(ulis) III p(atris) p(atriae)] M(arcus) Valerius [3] / [3 pont]ifex aedil(is) du[umvir 3] / [3]ani Caecilia[ni 3] / [3]ROQ cultu- or[namentisq(ue) a solo exstruxit idemq(ue) dedicavit] / [et ob dedicationem sportulas? decurionibus et gym]nasium popul[o dedit

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 161-169
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Uccula

  • AE 1961, 00135

    Unknown
    th]eatrum / [3 or]nament(is) / [3] dedic(avit?) / [

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 1st century BCE
    Location: Aemilia: Ariminum

  • AE 1901, 00137

    Unknown
    Manibus occupat / qui utrique transitui fa[3] / etiam foro quod ruin[3] / desuper ornamentis [3] / v(ir) c(larissimus) iudex sacrarum c[ognitionum] / restituit

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 4th century CE
    Location: Latium: Rome: Sanctuary of Juturna

  • AE 1899, 00209b = AE 1976, 00264 = AE 1981, 00462 = AE 1994, 00753

    Unknown
    [C(aius) Iulius Cotti f(ilius) D]onni reg[is n(epos) Donnus] praef(ectus) [ci]v[itatium Cottianorum quibus pa]ter eius praefuit / [C(aius) Iulius Donni f(ilius) C]otti n(epos) [Cottius port]icum cum [suis ornamentis et do]mus dederunt

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 1st century CE
    Date: 13-44
    Location: Transpadana: Augusta Taurinorum

  • AE 1898, 00150

    Unknown
    Numinibus Augustorum / et deae Minervae / M(arcus) Petroni[us Ae]milli(?) fili/us [3 ae]dem sanctuary cum su[is] / [ornamentis] quam pater pie / [3 vov]erat d(e) s(uo) p(onendum) cu[r(avit)]

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Location: Aquitania: Yzeures-sur-Creuse

  • ILAlg-01, 01256

    Unknown
    Pro salute pro[3]e Impp(eratorum) L(uci) Septimi Sev[er]i [P]ii Pert(inacis) Aug(usti) Ar[ab(ici) Adiab(enici) Parth(ici) max(imi) pon]t(ificis) max(imi) p(atris) p(atriae) et / Imp(eratoris) M(arci) Aureli Antonin[i Aug(usti) [[et P(ubli) Septimi Ge]t[ae Caesaris]]] et Iuliae Domn(a)e Aug(ustae) matr(is) [Augg(ustorum) et castrorum [[et Fulviae Plautillae]]] / Aug(ustae) arcum at ornamen[tum templi Satur]ni M(arcus) Fabius Laetus fl(amen) p(er)p(etuus) cum coniuge et [3 fecit] idemq(ue) ded(icavit)

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Thubursicu Numidarum

  • CIL 08, 26593 = ILAfr 00534b = AE 1907, 00160 = AE 1908, 00163

    Unknown
    Res publica municipii / Septimi Aureli Liberi / Thugg(ensis) cancellos / aereos quos // Asi]cia Victo[ria] fl(aminica) p(erpetua) H() IMP() / [ad] ornamentum rostrorum / ex poll(icitatione) HS XX (milibus) n(ummum) fieri voluit / additis a se quattuor can/cellis ampliata pecunia ded(it)

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Date: 205-261
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Thugga

  • 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, 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, 10495 = D 07124a = TitAq-01, 00007 = ZPE-130-257

    Unknown
    C(aius) Tit(ius) C(ai) f(ilius) Serg(ia) Antonius / P[e]culiaris dec(urio) col(oniae) / S[e]pt(imiae) Aq(uinci) item dec(urio) m(unicipii) / Sing(iduni) ornamentum / for<i=VS> rei publicae / d(onum) d(edit)

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 193-235
    Location: Pannonia Inferior: Aquincum

  • 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

  • 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 Brutus 14.2

    Plutarch
    ἐδόκει δὲ καὶ τὸ τοῦ τόπου θεῖον εἶναι καὶ πρὸς αὐτῶν στοὰ γὰρ ἦν μία τῶν περὶ τὸ θέατρον, ἐξέδραν ἔχουσα ἐν ᾗ Πομπηΐου τις εἰκὼν εἱστήκει, τῆς πόλεως στησαμένης ὅτε ταῖς στοαῖς καὶ τῷ θεάτρῳ τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον ἐκόσμησεν.

    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

  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.2.51

    Diogenes Laertius
    πρῶτον μὲν τὰ περὶ τὸ μουσεῖον καὶ τὰς θεὰς συντελεσθῆναι κἄν τι ἄλλο ἰσχύῃ περὶ αὐτὰς ἐπικοσμηθῆναι πρὸς τὸ κάλλιον

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

  • Geography 17.1.8

    Strabo
    ἔχει δ᾽ ἡ πόλις τεμένη τε κοινὰ κάλλιστα καὶ τὰ βασίλεια, τέταρτον ἢ καὶ τρίτον τοῦ παντὸς περιβόλου μέρος: τῶν γὰρ βασιλέων ἕκαστος ὥσπερ τοῖς κοινοῖς ἀναθήμασι προσεφιλοκάλει τινὰ κόσμον, οὕτω καὶ οἴκησιν ἰδίᾳ περιεβάλλετο πρὸς ταῖς ὑπαρχούσαις, ὥστε νῦν τὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ ἐξ ἑτέρων ἕτερ᾽ ἐστίν: ἅπαντα μέντοι συναφῆ καὶ ἀλλήλοις καὶ τῷ λιμένι καὶ ὅσα ἔξω αὐτοῦ.

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

  • Geography 15.3.3

    Strabo
    κοσμήσαντες δὲ τὰ ἐν Σούσοις βασίλεια μάλιστα τῶν ἄλλων οὐδὲν ἧττον καὶ τὰ ἐν Περσεπόλει καὶ τὰ ἐν Πασαργάδαις ἐξετίμησαν: καὶ ἥ γε γάζα καὶ οἱ θησαυροὶ καὶ τὰ μνήματα ἐνταῦθα ἦν τοῖς Πέρσαις, ὡς ἐν τόποις ἐρυμνοτέροις καὶ ἅμα προγονικοῖς.

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

  • 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