Ornamenting Empire · ILGR 00158 = AE 1928, 00015 = AE 1937, 00114 = AE 1977, 00778 = AE 1992, 01534 = AE 1999, 01448 = AE 2002, +01297

Text Category

Inscription See all items with this value

Century Range

1st century CE See all items with this value

Precise Date or Date Range

24

Location of Display

Achaia: Nikopolis See all items with this value

Author

Unknown See all items with this value

Reference

ILGR 00158 = AE 1928, 00015 = AE 1937, 00114 = AE 1977, 00778 = AE 1992, 01534 = AE 1999, 01448 = AE 2002, +01297

Language

Latin See all items with this value

Quotation

Nep]tuno [et Ma]rt[i Imp(erator) Caesa]r div[i Iuli] f(ilius) vict[oriam ma]rit[imam consecutus bell]o quod pro [re pu]blic[a] ges[si]t in hac region[e c]astra [ex] quibu[s ad hostem in]seq[uendum egr]essu[s est spoli]is [ornat]a [dedicavit cons]ul [quintum i]mperat[or se]ptimum pace [1] parta terra [marique]

Part of Speech

Adjective/ Participle (passive) See all items with this value

Type of Thing Ornamented

Military: Shelter See all items with this value

Object/ Person Ornamented

Camps

Type of Medium Ornamenting

Military: Spoils See all items with this value

Medium/a Ornamenting

Spoils from Antony's army - likely prows (Actium)

Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting

Octavian/ Augustus

Bibliography

Romaios 1924: 1-4

Gagé 1936: 98-100, nr. B

Petsas 1974: 80

Carter 1977

Šašel Kos 1979: 69-70, nr. 158

Murray and Petsas 1989: 62-77, figs. 32-46

Zachos 1995: 426

Zachos 1997: 567-578

Notes

Actium Victory Monument

Item Identifier

A01595

Determination

Derived directly from text