In Verrem, 2.4.79 (36)

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Cicero See all items with this value
Reference
In Verrem, 2.4.79 (36)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Cum mos a maioribus traditus sit, ut monumenta maiorum ita suorum quisque defendat ut ea ne ornari quidem nomine aliorum sinat ...
Part of Speech
Verb (passive) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb See all items with this value
Cultic: Shrine See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tombs or shrines of ancestors
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Architecture: Monument See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Sculptures or altars
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Descendants
Notes
From the wider context. Cicero is beseeching Publius Scipio Nasica to act against Verres who removed a statue and pedestal of Scipio Africanus, noting that descendants typically do not allow others to adorn the tombs of their ancestors, much less to rob them
Item Identifier
A00092
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Monument
Funerary
Shrine
Cultic (Ornamented)
Shrine
Tomb
Monument
Funerary
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Monument
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite