Historia Naturalis, 34.17 (9)

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Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Pliny the Elder See all items with this value
Reference
Historia Naturalis, 34.17 (9)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
… et in omnium municipiorum foris statuae ornamentum esse coepere propagarique memoria hominum et honores legendi aevo basibus inscribi, ne in sepulcris tantum legerentur.
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Public Space See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Public spaces of various towns
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Honorific statues (portraits) of men (listing their deeds in accompanying inscriptions)
Item Identifier
A00284
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Pliny the Elder
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Public Space
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite