Epitaph of the captive Clearchus created by Fabio Spalla MAPPOLA Database This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. MPL02238 229497 https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscription/show/2238 Lost unknown unknown incomplete None None None chiselled 0.0-0.0 Tarraco 101-200 Tarraco Between Plaza de Milagro and the carretera de Barcelona, near the Roman amphitheatre and cemetery, 1801. 41.1849 1.20999 no

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Clearchus

Dis Manibus Clearchi. Hic Clearchus, qui dum vixit Graeco magno nomine nuncupatus, factis meruit nomen hoc et litteris, infans captus annis felici curi, fuit nepos i hostium .

Text follows CIL 02 (2nd ed.). l. 3: quidam vixit, ILER. l. 7: caṛ[us? – – –], RIT. cap[tus auspicio], Cholodniak; Thigpen. infans ca⸢r⸣[us paucis] annis, Alföldy 2007; CIL 02 (2nd ed.). l. 8: curị[– – –], RIT. felici curr[entibus], Cholodniak; Thigpen. felici cu⸢p⸣i[dine], Alföldy 2007; CIL 02 (2nd ed.). l. 9: nepos Ị[– – –], RIT. fuit nepos ⸢p⸣[ius qui culpa], Alföldy 2007; CIL 02 (2nd ed.). ll. 9-10: fuit [r]epos[i]t[us in patriam: sic] / hostium [fugit dolos], Cholodniak; Thigpen. l. 10: hostium [dereptus est], Alföldy 2007; CIL 02 (2nd ed.).

To the Manes of Clearchus. Here lies Clearchus who, while he was alive, was called by a great Greek name, and deserved such a name for his deeds and education. Captured (?) as a child ... at the age ... happy ... was nephew ... of enemies.

To the Divine Manes of Clearchus. Here (lies) Clearchus, who while he lived was called by a great Greek name (and) deserved this name for his deeds and erudition. [Captured] as a baby, with the years [running] to a happy [auspice], he was [returned to his country and thus escaped] the enemy's [evil intent].

Aquí está Clearco, que llamado por su gran nombre griego mientras vivió, mereció este nombre por sus hechos y su erudición, capturado de niño por los britanos *** fue descendiente ***

Als Déus Mans de Clearc. Aquest Clearc, que mentre va viure va tenir un gran nom grec, pels seus fets es va guanyar aquest nom i aquestes lletres. L'infant [---] d'anys, al feliç [---] fou nebot [---] dels enemics [---]

Dating proposed by Alföldy (CIL 02 [2nd ed.]). Gómez Pallarès proposes a narrower dating to the beginning of the 2nd century AD, based on the abbreviation of the D(is) M(anibus) formula.

CIL 02, 04350 CLE 00235 ILER 05765 RIT 00541 CIL 02 (2nd ed.), 14, 01511 (with facsimile; also on dating) J. Cholodniak, Carmina sepulcralia latina epigraphica, Petersburg 1904, 332, no. 916. J. Gómez Pallarès, Initia de los Carmina Latina Epigraphica Hispaniae (Conventus Tarraconensis) (I), Faventia 17, 1 (1995), 81, no. T8. J. Thigpen, A literary analysis of Latin epitaphs from Roman Spain which contain creative biographical discourse, Chapel Hill 1995, 142-144, no. 26 (with English translation) C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina I, Madrid 1998, 166, no. 235 (Spanish translation) R. Hernández Pérez, Poesía latina sepulcral de la Hispania romana: estudios de los tópicos y sus formulaciones, Valencia 2001, 301. R. Carande Herrero, De la cantitad al acento: transformación métrica en los CLE hispanos. In: J. del Hoyo (ed.), J. Gómez Pallarès (ed.), Asta ac pellege. 50 años de la publicación de Inscripciones hispanas en verso de S. Mariner, Madrid 2002, 2210-211, no. 2. J. Gómez Pallarès, Poesia epigràfica llatina als països catalans. Edició i comentari, Barcelona 2002, 99-101, nr. T6 (with Catalan translation; also on dating) M. Massaro, Le prime due raccolte regionali di iscrizioni metriche latine (Catalogna e Sardegna), Epigraphica 66 (2004), 374-375. G. Alföldy, Grabgedichte in Tarraco: Der sozialgeschichtliche Hintergrund. In: P. Kruschwitz (ed.), Die metrischen Inschriften der römischen Republik, Berlin 2007, 337-338, no. 10 - AE 2007, HEp 2007 AE 2007, 00183, 00834 HEp 2007, 00558 E. M. Koppel, I. Rodà de Llanza, La escultura de las villae de la zona del noreste hispánico: los ejemplos de Tarragona y Tossa de Mar. In: C. Fernández Ochoa (ed.), V. García-Entero (ed.) et al., Las "villae" tardorromanas en el occidente del Imperio: arquitectura y función. IV Coloquio Internacional de Arqueología en Gijón, Gijón 2008, 107. https://institucional.us.es/cleo/index.php/inscripcion/t6-ii-4350-ii2-14-1511-cle-235/?lang=es | CLEO T6 https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/monument/05503381 | EDCS-05503381 https://hepol.uah.es/pub/record_card_2.php?rec=10013 | HEpOl 10013 https://www.mqdq.it/textsce/CE|ce|0235 | MQDQ