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  • De architectura, 7.4.4

    Vitruvius
    Ipsi autem politionibus eorum ornatus proprios debent habere ad decoris rationes, uti et ex locis aptas et generum discriminibus non alienas habeant dignitates.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 1st century BCE
    Location: Rome

  • De legibus, 2.65 (26)

    Cicero
    … “ne quis sepulchrum faceret operosius quam quod decem homines effecerint triduo”; neque id opere tectorio exornari

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 1st century BCE
    Location: Rome

  • On Idolatry 8.1-3

    Tertullian
    Nec enim differt, an extruas vel exornes, si templum, si aram, si aediculam eius instruxeris, si bratteam expresseris aut insignia aut etiam domum fabricaveris. Maior est eiusmodi opera, quae non effigiem confert, sed auctoritatem. Si ita necessitas exhibitionis extenditur, habent et alias species, quae sine exorbitatione disciplinae id est sine idoli confictura opem victus praestent. Scit albarius tector et tecta sarcire et tectoria inducere et cisternam liare et cymatia distendere et multa alia ornamenta ||f110 praeter simulacra parietibus incrispare. Scit et pictor et marmorarius et aerarius et quicumque caelator latitudines suas et utique multo faciliores.

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

  • Fragment 1 line 2

    Melanthius
    αὑτοῦ γὰρ δαπάναισι θεῶν ναοὺς ἀγοράν τε Κεκροπίαν κόσμησ᾽ ἡμιθέων ἀρεταῖς.

    Text Category: Literature: poetry
    Century Range: 5th century BCE

  • Orations 45.32

    Aelius Aristides
    οὗτος ἄγει Νεῖλον ὥρᾳ θέρους, οὗτος χειμῶνος ἀνακαλεῖ, οὗτος δύο καὶ τετταράκοντα ἱερὰ κατ᾽ Αἴγυπτον, οὗτος πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῇ γῇ νεὼς συνέχει τε καὶ κοσμεῖ, φύλαξ τῶν φανερῶν καὶ τῶν ἀπορρήτων, ἡγεμὼν ἀνθρώπων καὶ δαιμόνων: καὶ ἡμῶν ἤδη μεταστρέψει τὸν λόγον πρὸς αὑτὸν, καὶ προσειποῦσιν ὥρα κατεπαύειν.

    Text Category: Literature: prose
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 142
    Location: Smyrna

  • Life of Cimon 3.6

    Plutarch
    Αὑτοῦ γὰρ δαπάναισι θεῶν ναοὺς ἀγοράν τε Κεκροπίαν κόσμησ᾿ ἡμιθέων ἀρεταῖς.

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

  • De Domo 14

    Lucian
    ἕτερος δέ τις οὐκ ἀγεννὴς λόγος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ γενναῖος, ὥς φησι, καὶ μεταξύ μου λέγοντος ὑπέκρουε καὶ διακόπτειν ἐπειρᾶτο τὴν ῥῆσιν καὶ ἐπειδὴ πέπαυμαι, οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτα λέγειν φησὶ με, ἀλλὰ θαυμάζειν, εἰ φάσκοιμι ἐπιτηδειότερον εἶναι πρὸς λόγων ἐπίδειξιν οἴκου κάλλος γραφῇ καὶ χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένον αὐτὸ γάρ που τοὐναντίον ἀποβαίνειν.

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

  • ILLPRON 00110 = Leber 00093 = Gerstl 00009 = AEA 2004, +00011

    Unknown
    [Fortun]ae Aug(ustae) / [3 et Ge]nio / [Manliensiu]m qui / [sacellum pec]unia sua fecer(unt) / [3]S Priscus et / [3] Hermes / [3 oper]e tectorio / [3 o]rna(ve)runt

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Location: Noricum: Virunum

  • IDR-03-02, 00004 = FVSarmiz 00040 = AE 1977, 00667 = AE 1982, 00831 = AE 2006, 01154

    Unknown
    ] / August[alis col(oniae) D]ac(icae) Sarm(izegetusae) / aed[em] ope[re tect]orio et pic/turis item sca[lis sigi]llis et linteis / exornavit it[em can]delabra ae/rea duo colleg[io dedit dedicavit]q[ue]

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 161-192
    Location: Dacia: Sarmizegetusa

  • EQNoricum-V, 00046 = AEA 1993/98, 00352 = AEA 1999/00, +00006 = AEA 1999/00, +00138 = AEA 2001/02, +00007 = AEA 2001/02, +00009 = AEA 2001/02, +00039 = AEA 2001/02, 00068a = AEA 2003, +00027 = AEA 2004, +00011 = AEA 2007, +00048 = AEA 2008, +00036 = AEA 2010, +00014 = AE 1994, 01334 = AE 1996, 01189 = AE 1998, 01016

    Unknown
    Tiberius Claudius Quintilianus ob dedicationem templi tabulam / aeream donum dedit et camaram picturis exornavit

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 182-184
    Location: Noricum: Virunum

  • CIL 08, 01344 = CIL 08, 01345 = CIL 08, 14872 = CIL 08, 25853

    Unknown
    ]a perpetua id[3] / [3 HS] IIII ex residu[is HS mil(le) 3] / [de]crevit idque dec[retum 3] / [3]eris pigmen[tisque 3 eiu]s operis faciem [exornavit] / [3]ocum omniu[m 3] / [3]ga se civium SV[

    Text Category: Inscription
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Chidibbia

  • CIL 06, 10302 (p 3909) = CIL 09, *00427,13 = D 07352

    Unknown
    C(aio) Iulio / Glyceroti / Felicis Scapilani f(ilio) / dec(urioni) II q(uaestori) II // Ti(berio) Claudio Aug(usti) l(iberto) Felici / Scapulano d(ecurioni) III q(uaestori) III quinquennali inmuni / triplicario bene merenti ex consensu decuriae univers(ae) / honoris causa zothecam publice dederunt / Atimetus l(ibertus) sua pecunia adornavit

    Text Category: Inscription: epitaph
    Century Range: 1st century CE
    Date: 41-70
    Location: Latium: Rome

  • CIL 05, 00474 = InscrIt-10-03, 00168 = ILCV 01805

    Unknown
    [U]rsus p(res)b(yte)r hanc cel[l]ola(m) s(an)c(t)ae ecclesia[e // t]empore dom(i)ni / n(ostri) Iustinian[i] // Frugifero ep(iscop)o ind(ictione) [3] / [post c]o(n)s(ulatum) Basili o[rnavit]

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 6th century CE
    Date: 541-565
    Location: Istria: Piquentum

  • AEA 2001/02, 00117 = AEA 2004, +00011 = AEA 2007, +00086 = AE 2004, 01072

    Unknown
    Pro salute dd(ominorum) nn(ostrorum) Imper(atorum) / [[Maximini et Maximi]] Caes(arum) Augg(ustorum) / C(aius) Cassius Honoratus murum / longitudinis p(edum) XXXX ruina con/lapsum a solo restituit et podium / amp(h)itheatri opere tectorio cum / pictura muneris sui exornavit et / portam novam fecit Idibus Mai(i)s / Perpetuo et Corneliano co(n)s(ulibus)

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Date: 237
    Location: Noricum: Virunum

  • AEA 1999/00, 00197 = AEA 2001/02, +00039 = AEA 2004, +00011 = AE 2001, 01587 = AE 2004, +01070

    Unknown
    [Pro salute] / [dd(ominorum) nn(ostrorum) Im]p[p(eratorum) L(uci) Septimi] / [Sev]er(i) Per[t]in[ac(is) et] / [[M(arci) Aur(eli) Antonini Augg(ustorum)]] / [[et P(ubli) Sept(imi) Getae Caes(aris)]] C(aius) Mar(ius) / Lu[cani]us Max[imianus IIvir] / i(ure) d(icundo) muros amp[hitheatri] / tectorio oper[e renovavit] / et picturis [exornavit]

    Text Category: Inscription: dedication
    Century Range: 2nd century CE
    Date: 198-211
    Location: Noricum: Virunum

  • Ciotti-1978, 00001 = AE 2013, 00453

    Unknown
    Leonteum cum signo et cetero cultu exornatum / ex permissu sanctissimi ordinis ex pec(unia) sua / a solo fecerunt leones consummati ab Egnatio Re/para[t]o sacerdote legit(imo) et collatore T(itus) Lepidius Ho/norinus Alexander et Amicus circ(itores) Aug(usti) n(ostri) LL(uci) Vicri Severus / et Speratus T(itus) Satrontus(!) Sabinianus P(ublius) Vatinius Iustus L(ucius) Iulius / Felix L(ucius) Longinius Stachys faber de HS V(milibus) n(ummum) l(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Date: first half
    Location: Umbria: Carsulae

  • CLE 00915 = ILCV 01782

    Unknown
    Antistes Damasus picturae orna{ra}t honore / tecta quibus nunc dant pulchra metalla decus / divite testatur pretiosior aula nitore / quos rerum effectus possit habere fides / papae Hilari meritis olim devota Severi / nec non Cassiae mens dedit ista d(e)o

    Text Category: Inscription
    Location: Latium: Rome

  • BCTH-1901-311

    Unknown
    Aescula/pio Aug(usto) / at exor/nationem / balnei / Primitus / actor

    Text Category: Inscription: base
    Location: Numidia: Thamugadi

  • AE 1948, 00111

    Unknown
    Imp(eratore) Caes(are) M(arco) Aurelio Severo Antonino Pio Felice Aug(usto) Parth(ico) / max(imo) Brittan(nico) max(imo) Germ(anico) max(imo) pontif(ice) max(imo) trib(unicia) pot(estate) XV[I] imp(eratore) III co(n)s(ule) IIII p(atre) p(atriae) et Iulia / Augusta Pia Felice matre Aug(usti) et castrorum itemque senatus et patriae / ambitum fontis cancellis aereis conclusum itemque porticus virdiari(i) picturis / exornatas ianuis et pronais ad easdem porticus apertis item opus plateae / a thermis usque ad introit(um) perfectum res publica Tham[u]g(gadensium) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Date: 213-214
    Location: Numidia: Thamugadi

  • AE 1905, 00035

    Unknown
    Deo Pluton[i] Aug(usto) sac(rum) / pro salute d(omini) n(ostri) Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) [[[P(ubli) Li]]]/[[[cini Egnati Gallieni] Aug(usti)]] / C(aius) Valerius Valentinus [3] / templum modicum antiqua vet[us]tate / dilapsum ampliato spatio columnis / et regiis duabus picturis ornatum / pecunia sua ex HS LXVII mil(ibus) d(omini) n(ostri) / a solo coeptum perfecit et deo / victimis redditis et popularib[u]s / epulo exhibito statut[o] etiam / perpetuo epulo annuo sa[c]erdoti/bus dedicavit cura agen[ti]b(us) C(aio) Lollio Ho/norato et Q(uinto) Septimio Vitale sa[c]erdotib(us) f(aciendum) c(uravit) AC // Dedi/catum / VI Kal(endas) / Ian(uarias) // Vale/riano / et Lu/cillo / co(n)s(ulibus)

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Date: 265
    Location: Africa Proconsularis: Macomades

  • ICUR-07, 19936

    Unknown
    L/e/o/n/i/s // laeta deo plebs sancta canat quod moenia crescunt / (a)eterno vata dom(i)nus martyr[is Hipp]oliti / ornamenta operis surgun[t auctore Da]maso / natus qui antistes sedis a[postolicae] / inclita pacificis facta es[t 3] / servat ura decus perpetu[3] / haec omnia nova q(uae)q(ue) vid<e=I>s Le[o presby]ter {h}ornat

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 4th century CE
    Date: second half
    Location: Latium: Rome

  • CIL 09, 02996 = CIL 01, 01762 (p 1034) = D 03602 = ILLRP 00196

    Unknown
    Draco mag(ister) aediculam / sigilla orna/mentaque omnia / Lar(ibus) fam(iliaribus) d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(aciendum) c(uravit) e[i]demque dedicavit

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
    Date: 25 BCE - 25 CE
    Location: Samnium: Anxanum

  • SupIt-09-A, 00034 = EAOR-03, 00047 = AE 1937, 00119 = AE 1937, 00120 = AE 1992, 00385 = AE 2002, +00068

    Unknown
    thermas quas iam olim disperier[[e]]ant antiquitus impendiis et sua pecunia / cum porticis novis factis et omni ornamento at pulcri(tu)dinem restauravit / statuisque decoravit et nomine d(omini) n(ostri) Constanti beatiss(imi) Caes(aris) nata/le Idibus No<v=B>(embribus) dedicavit

    Text Category: Inscription: tablet
    Century Range: 4th century CE
    Date: 325
    Location: Samnium: Amiternum

  • IAM-02-02, 00355 = ILM 00045 = AE 1925, 00030 = AE 1926, 00026 = AE 1929, +00114

    Unknown
    [I(ovi) O(ptimo)] M(aximo) I(unoni) Reg[inae Mine]rv[ae pr]o sal[ute et incol(umitate)] / [I]mp(eratoris) Caes(aris) M(arci) [[Opelli S[everi M]acrini]] Pii Felicis [Aug(usti)] / trib(unicia) pot(estate) proco(n)s(ulis) et / M(arci) [[Opelli Ma[crini]] f(ilii) A]ntonin[i nob]ilissimi Cae[s(aris)] / Aug(usti) kap[itoliu]m ex HS C[3] milib(us) [n(ummum)] qua[e] / in hoc [opus decre]verat coeptum res [pu]blic(a) V[ol(ubilitanorum)] / add[itis signis(?) cete]risque ornamen[tis pe]rf[ecit] / [dedicante M(arco) Aurelli]o Sebasten[o proc(uratore) Aug(usti)]

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 3rd century CE
    Date: 217-218
    Location: Mauretania Tingitana: Volubilis

  • Greek Anthology 1.12

    Unknown
    ἐκ δέ με κείνης Πλακιδίη κόσμησε σὺν ὀλβίστῳ παρακοίτῃ:᾿: εἰ δέ που ἀγλαΐης ἐπεδεύετο κάλλος ἐμεῖο, τὴν δέ μοι ὀλβιόδωρος ὑπὲρ μνήμης γενετήρων δῶκεν Ἰουλιανή, καὶ ὑπέρτατον ὤπασε κῦδος μητέρι καὶ γενέτῃ καὶ ἀγακλέι μητρὶ τεκούσης, κόσμον ἀεξήσασα παλαίτερον.

    Text Category: Inscription
    Century Range: 6th century CE
    Location: Constantinople