Philippicae, 9.5 (3)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Philippicae, 9.5 (3)
Quotation
Itaque, patres conscripti, si Ser. Sulpicio casus mortem attulisset, dolerem equidem tanto rei publicae vulnere, mortem vero eius non monumento, sed luctu publico esse ornandam putarem
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Servius Sulpicius, and the commemoration of his death
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Monument: Funerary
Abstract: Event: Funerary
Person: Citizens
Visual Work: Clothing
Medium/a Ornamenting
Honorific statue or memorial
Visuals of public mourning
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Roman citizens
Notes
The death of Sulpicius ought not be commemorated by a built monument but, visually, with the appearance of public mourning, including gatherings and mourning dress
Item Identifier
A00129
Determination
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