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Reference as: MPL01037
Title Funerary inscription for Titus Flavius Secundus and other family members
Trismegistos-No. 203174

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Find Place Cillium
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Vicinity

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Object Type burial building
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State of Preservation complete
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width: unknown

height: unknown

depth: unknown

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Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Pagan

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Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation

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SINTLICETEXIGVAEFVGENTIATEMPORAVITAE
PARVAQRAPTORVMCITOTRANSEATHORADIERVM
MERGATETELYSIISMORTALIACORPORATERRIS
ADSIDVERVPTOLACHESISMALECONSCIAPENSO
5IAMTAMENINVENTAESTBLANDAERATIONISIMAGO
PERQVAMPROLATOSHOMINESINTEMPORAPLV[]
LONGIOREXCIPIATMEMORATIOMVLTAQSERVET
SECVMPERTITVLOSMANSVRISFORTIVSANNIS
ECCERECENSPIETASOMNIPLACITVRAFAVORE
10INGENTEMFAMAENVMERVMCVMLAVDEMERETVR
EXEMPLOIAMPLENANOVOQVAMFLAVIVSALTO
MORESECVNDVSAGENSPATRIOSIGNAVITHONORE
QVISNONIAMPRONISANIMIVIRTVTIBVSADSIT
QVISNONHOCMIRETVROPVSFVSASQVIDENDO
15DIVITIASSTVPEATTANTOSSECERNERECENSVS
PERQVOSAETHERIASSVRGVNTMONIMENTAPERAVRAS
HAECESTFORTVNAEMELIVSLAVDANDAFACVLTAS
SICSIBIPERPETVASFACIVNTIMPENDIASEDES
SICIMMORTALESSCITHABEREPECVNIAMORES
20AETERNOQVOTIENSSTABILISBENEFIGITVRVSV
VIDERITILLEFVRORNIMIOQVIDVCITVRAVRO
QVEMTRAHITARGENTIVENALISSANGVINECANDOR
VIDERITETFVSAEVANISINAMORIBVSERRANS
GLORIALVXVRIAEPEREGRINASQVAEREREMAGNO
25QVAEDIDICITVESTESGEMMASQNITOREPLACENTES
AVTABAERVTHREOVENIENTIAMVNERAFLVCTV
QVAMLAEDVNTGENTESVARIOCERTAMINERERVM
GRAECIACVMPVERISHISPANIAPALLADOSVSV
VENATVLYBIAETELLVSORIENTISAMOMO
30AEGYPTOSPHARIISLEVITATIBVSARTIBVSACTIS
GALLIASEMPEROVANSDIVESCAMPANIAVINO
HAECCITODEFICIVNTETHABENTBREVEMVNVSAMORIS
MOMENTISDAMNATASVISSEDSIQVISADOMNES
RESPICIATVITAECASVSHOMINEMQVELABORET
35METIRIBREVITATESVATVNCCREDEREDISCET
NILALIVTMELIVSFIERINISIVIRIBVSAEVI
QVOTPOSSITDVRAREDIVSVBHONOREDEORVM
NVNCEGONONDVBITEMTACITISACHERONTOSINVMBRIS
SIPOSTFATAMANENTSENSVSGAVDEREPARENTEM
40SAEPESECVNDETVVMRELIQVASETSPERNERETVRMAS
QVODSCIATHICTANTAMFACIEMSVPERESSESEPVLCHRI
PERPETVANOVITATESVIS[]CSTARENITENTES
CONSENSVSLAPIDVMSICDERADICELEVATOS
INMELIVSCREVISSEGRADVSVTETANGVLVSOMNIS
45SICQVASIMOLLITAEDVCTVSSITSTAMINECERAE
MOBILIBVSSIGNISHILARISSCALPTVRAN[]A[]VR
ETLICETATSIDVEPROBETHOSVAGATVRBADECORES
LVCENTESSTVPEATPARITERPENDERECOLVMNAS
QVITCVMMILITIAETITVLOSIPSVMQVEPARENTEM
50NVMINIBVSDEDERISHAECGAVDIASAEPEVIDENTEM
QVAEQVONDAMDEDITIPSELOCODVMMVNERABACCHI
MVLTACREATPRIMASQCVPITCOMPONEREVI[]S
ETNEMVSEXORNATREVOCATISSAEPIVSVNDIS
PERMITTANTMIHI[]TALOQ[]OCTISQTIMENDAE
55REGNATORSTYGIVSSICIMMORTALISHABERI
IAMDEBETPATERECCETVVSDITISQRELICTI
TRISTEMDESERVISSEDOMVMDVMTEMPORETOTO
MAVOLTHAECMONVMENTASEQVISCRIPTISQPERAEVOM
[]VERENOMINIBVSSOLITISINSISTERELVCIS
60[]DVEPATRIASHINCCERNEREDVLCITERARCES

QVOSQDEDITNATISPROPESEMPERHABEREPENATES
FORSITANHAECMVLTIVANOSERMONEFERENTES
VENTVRAECITIVSDICANTPRAESAGIAMORTIS
SIQVISDVMVIVITPONATMONIMENTAFVTVRIS
5TEMPORIBVSMIHINONTALESSVNTPECTORESENSVS
SETPVTOSECVROSFIERIQVICVMQVEPARARE
AETERNAMVOLVEREDOMVMCERTOQVERIGORE
NVMQVAMLAPSVROSVITAEDEFIGEREMVROS
FATISCERTAVIAESTNEQSEPERSTAMINAMVTAT
10ATROPOSVTPRIMOCOEPITDECVRREREFILO
CREDESECVNDEMIHIPENSATOSIBISINANNOS
SETSECVRVSERISSETTOTOPECTOREDIVES
DVMNVLLIGRAVISESSEPOTESNECPLENALABORE
TESTAMENTAFACISTVVSHOCDVMNONTIMETHERES
15VTSICAEDIFICETIAMNVNCQVODCVMQRELINQVES
TOTVMPERVENIETTVAQVOVOLETIREVOLVNTAS
SEDREVOCATMECVRAOPERISCELSIQDECORES
STATSVBLIMISHONORVICINAQNVBILAPVLSAT
ETSOLISMETITVRITERSIIVNGEREMONTES
20FORTEVELINTOCVLIVINCVNTVRINORDINECOLLES
SIVIDEASCAMPOSINFRAIACETABDITATELLVS
NONSICROMVLEASEXIRECOLOSSOSINARCES
DICITVRAVTCIRCIMEDIASOBELISCVSINAVRAS
NECSICSISTRIGERIDEMONSTRATPERVIANILI
25DVMSVAPERSPICVISAPERITPHAROSAEQVORAFLAMIS
QVIDNONDOCTAFACITPIETASLAPISECCEFORATVS
LVMINIBVSMVLTISHORTATVRCVRREREBLANDAS
INTVSAPESETCERINEOSCOMPONERENIDOS
VTSEMPERDOMVSHAECTHYMBRAEONECTAREDVLCIS
30SVDETFLORISAPOSDVMDANTNOVAMELLALIQVORES

HVCITERVMPIETASVENERANDASERIGEMENTES
ETMEAQVONOSTICARMINAMOREFOVE
ECCESECVNDVSADESTITERVMQVIPECTORESANCTO
NONMONIMENTAPATRISEDNOVATEMPLADEDIT
35QVONVNCCALLIOPEGEMINOMELIMITECOGIS
QVASIAMTRANSEGIRVSVSADIREVIAS
NEMPEFVITNOBISOPERISDESCRIPTIOMAGNI
DIXIMVSETIVNCTISSAXAPOLITALOCIS
CIRCVITVSNEMORVMCVRRENTESDVLCITERVNDAS
40ATQVEREPORTANTESM[]AFREQVENTERAPES
HOCTAMENHOCSOLVM[]OSTRAEPVTODEFVITARTI
DVMCADISADMVLTOSEBRIAMVSAIOCOS
INSVMMOTREMVLASGALLINONDIXIMVSALAS
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CVIVSSIMEMBRISVOCEMNATVRADEDISSET
COGERETHICOMNESSVRGEREMANEDEOS
ETIAMNOMINIBVSSIGNANTVRLIMINACERTIS
CERNITVRETTITVLISCREDVLAVITASVIS
5OPTOSECVNDEGERASMVLTOSFELICITERANNOS
ETQVAEFECISTITVMONIMENTALEGAS
TFLAVIVSSE
CVNDVSFILIVS
FECIT
TFLAVIOSECVN
5DOPATRIPIO
MILANXXXIII
VIXANCXHSE
FLAVIAEVRBANAE
MATRIPIAEVIX
10ANCVHSE
FLSECVNDAESO
RORIPVAXXHSE
TFLMARCELLOFRA
TRIPVAXXHSE
15TFLMARTIALIFRATR
IMILAXIIVAXXXVHSE
FLSPERATAESORO
RIPVAXXXVIHSE
AEMILIAESEXFI
20PACATAEVXORIPIAE
FLAMINICAEPERP
VIXANLIIIHSE
TFLAVIVSTFILIVS
PAPSECVNDVSIPSE
25FLAMENPERPVIX
ANLXHSE
FLTFILIAEPACATAEFLA
MINICAEPERPCOLTHE
LEPTFILPIAEFLLIBERAMA
30TERSTATVAMPOSVIT
VAXVMXHSE
FLIBERATFLSECVNDI
VXORPIAVIXANLXXXVIII
HSE
FLFAVSTINA
PIAVIXAN
XXXVIIIHSE
TFLFAVSTINVS
5ETFLVICTORI
APARENTESPO
SVERVNT
FLLIBERAPIA
VIXANXVIMVI
TFLFAVSTINVSET
FLVICTORIA
5PARENTESPO
SVERVNTHSE
TFLPAPRECEPTVS
AEDILICIVSQAE
RARIDECVRIO
COLTHELEPTPIVS
5VIXANXXXVI
HSE
TFLFAVSTINVS
ETFLVICTORIA
PARENTESPOSV
10ERVNT

Sint licet exiguae fugentia tempora vitae
parvaq(ue) raptorum cito transeat hora dierum
mergat et Elysiis mortalia corpora terris
adsidue rupto Lachesis male conscia penso
5iam tamen inventa est blandae rationis imago
per quam prolatos homines in tempora plu[ra]
longior excipiat memoratio multaq(ue) servet
secum per titulos mansuris fortius annis
ecce recens pietas omni placitura favore
10ingentem famae numerum cum laude meretur
exemplo iam plena novo quam Flavius alto
more Secundus agens patrio signavit honore
quis non iam pronis animi virtutibus adsit
quis non hoc miretur opus fusasq(ue) videndo
15divitias stupeat tantos se cernere census
per quos aetherias surgunt monimenta per auras
haec est fortunae melius laudanda facultas
sic sibi perpetuas faciunt impendia sedes
sic immortales scit habere pecunia mores
20aeterno quotiens stabilis bene figitur usu
viderit ille furor nimio qui ducitur auro
quem trahit argenti venalis sanguine candor
viderit et fusae vanis in amoribus errans
gloria luxuriae peregrinas quaerere magno
25quae didicit vestes gemmasq(ue) nitore placentes
aut ab Aeruthreo venientia munera fluctu
quam laedunt gentes vario certamine rerum
Graecia cum pueris Hispania Pallados usu
venatu Lybiae tellus orientis amomo
30Aegyptos Phariis levitatibus artibus actis
Gallia semper ovans dives Campania vino
haec cito deficiunt et habent breve munus amoris
momentis damnata suis sed si quis ad omnes
respiciat vitae casus hominemque laboret
35metiri brevitate sua tunc credere discet
nil aliut melius fieri nisi viribus aevi
quot possit durare diu sub honore deorum
nunc ego non dubitem tacitis Acherontos in umbris
si post Fata manent sensus gaudere parentem
40saepe Secunde tuum reliquas et spernere turmas
quod sciat hic tantam faciem superesse sepulchri
perpetua novitate sui s[i]c stare nitentes
consensus lapidum sic de radice levatos
in melius crevisse gradus ut et angulus omnis
45sic quasi mollitae ductus sit stamine cerae
mobilibus signis hilaris scalptura n[ov]a[t]ur
et licet atsidue probet hos vaga turba decores
lucentes stupeat pariter pendere columnas
quit cum militiae titulos ipsumque parentem
50numinibus dederis haec gaudia saepe videntem
quae quondam dedit ipse loco dum munera Bacchi
multa creat primasq(ue) cupit componere vi[te]s
et nemus exornat revocatis saepius undis
permittant mihi [fa]ta loq[ui n]octisq(ue) timendae
55regnator Stygius sic immortalis haberi
iam debet pater ecce tuus Ditisq(ue) relicti
tristem deservisse domum dum tempore toto
mavolt haec monumenta sequi scriptisq(ue) per aevom
[vi]vere nominibus solitis insistere lucis
60[adsi]due patrias hinc cernere dulciter arces.

Quosq(ue) dedit natis prope semper habere Penates
forsitan haec multi vano sermone ferentes
venturae citius dicant praesagia mortis
si quis dum vivit ponat monimenta futuris
5temporibus mihi non tales sunt pectore sensus
set puto securos fieri quicumque parare
aeternam volvere domum certoque rigore
numquam lapsuros vitae defigere muros
fatis certa via est neq(ue) se per stamina mutat
10Atropos ut primo coepit decurrere filo
crede Secunde mihi pensatos ibis in annos
set securus eris set toto pectore dives
dum nulli gravis esse potes nec plena labore
testamenta facis tuus hoc dum non timet heres
15ut sic aedificet iam nunc quodcumq(ue) relinques
totum perveniet tua quo volet ire voluntas
sed revocat me cura operis celsiq(ue) decores
stat sublimis honor vicinaq(ue) nubila pulsat
et solis metitur iter si iungere montes
20forte velint oculi vincuntur in ordine colles
si videas campos infra iacet abdita tellus
non sic Romuleas exire colossos in arces
dicitur aut circi medias obeliscus in auras
nec sic sistrigeri demonstrat pervia Nili
25dum sua perspicuis aperit Pharos aequora flam(m)is
quid non docta facit pietas lapis ecce foratus
luminibus multis hortatur currere blandas
intus apes et cerineos componere nidos
ut semper domus haec Thymbraeo nectare dulcis
30sudet florisapos dum dant nova mella liquores

huc iterum pietas venerandas erige mentes
et mea quo nosti carmina more fove
ecce Secundus adest iterum qui pectore sancto
non monimenta patri sed nova templa dedit
35quo nunc Calliope gemino me limite cogis
quas iam transegi ru(r)sus adire vias
nempe fuit nobis operis descriptio magni
diximus et iunctis saxa polita locis
circuitus nemorum currentes dulciter undas
40atque reportantes m[ell]a frequenter apes
hoc tamen hoc solum [n]ostrae puto defuit arti
dum cadis ad multos ebria Musa iocos
in summo tremulas galli non diximus alas
altior extrema qui puto nube volat

cuius si membris vocem natura dedisset
cogeret hic omnes surgere mane deos
et iam nominibus signantur limina certis
cernitur et titulis credula vita suis
5opto Secunde geras multos feliciter annos
et quae fecisti tu monimenta legas
T(itus) Flavius Se-
cundus filius
fecit
T(ito) Flavio Secun-
5do patri pio
mil(itavit) an(nos) XXXIII
vix(it) an(nos) CX h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
Flaviae Urbanae
matri piae vix(it)
10an(nos) CV h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
Fl(aviae) Secundae so-
rori p(iae) v(ixit) a(nnos) XX h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
T(ito) Fl(avio) Marcello fra-
tri p(io) v(ixit) a(nnos) XX h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
15T(ito) Fl(avio) Martiali fratr-
i mil(itavit) a(nnos) XII v(ixit) a(nnos) XXXV h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
Fl(aviae) Speratae soro-
ri p(iae) v(ixit) a(nnos) XXXVI h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
Aemiliae Sex(ti) fi(liae)
20Pacatae uxori piae
flaminicae perp(etuae)
vix(it) an(nos) LIII h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
T(itus) Flavius T(iti) filius
Pap(iria) Secundus ipse
25flamen perp(etuus) vix(it)
an(nos) LX h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
Fl(aviae) T(iti) filiae Pacatae fla-
minicae perp(etuae) col(oniae) The-
lept(ensis) fil(iae) piae Fl(avia) Libera ma-
30ter statuam posuit
v(ixit) a(nnos) XV m(enses) X h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
F(lavia) Libera T(iti) Fl(avi) Secundi
uxor pia vix(it) an(nos) LXXXVIII
h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
Fl(avia) Faustina
pia vix(it) an(nos)
XXXVIII h(ic) s(ita) e(st)
T(itus) Fl(avius) Faustinus
5et Fl(avia) Victori-
a parentes po-
suerunt.
Fl(avia) Libera pia
vix(it) an(nos) XVI m(enses) VI
T(itus) Fl(avius) Faustinus et
Fl(avia) Victoria
5parentes po-
suerunt. H(ic) s(ita) e(st).
T(itus) Fl(avius) Pap(iria) Receptus
aedilicius q(uaestor) ae-
rari(i) decurio
col(oniae) Thelept(ensis) pius
5vix(it) an(nos) XXXVI
h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
T(itus) Fl(avius) Faustinus
et Fl(avia) Victoria
parentes posu-
10erunt.

Sint licet exiguae fugentia tempora vitae
parvaq(ue) raptorum cito transeat hora dierum
mergat et Elysiis mortalia corpora terris
adsidue rupto Lachesis male conscia penso
iam tamen inventa est blandae rationis imago
per quam prolatos homines in tempora plu[ra]
longior excipiat memoratio multaq(ue) servet
secum per titulos mansuris fortius annis
ecce recens pietas omni placitura favore
ingentem famae numerum cum laude meretur
exemplo iam plena novo quam Flavius alto
more Secundus agens patrio signavit honore
quis non iam pronis animi virtutibus adsit
quis non hoc miretur opus fusasq(ue) videndo
divitias stupeat tantos se cernere census
per quos aetherias surgunt monimenta per auras
haec est fortunae melius laudanda facultas
sic sibi perpetuas faciunt impendia sedes
sic immortales scit habere pecunia mores
aeterno quotiens stabilis bene figitur usu
viderit ille furor nimio qui ducitur auro
quem trahit argenti venalis sanguine candor
viderit et fusae vanis in amoribus errans
gloria luxuriae peregrinas quaerere magno
quae didicit vestes gemmasq(ue) nitore placentes
aut ab Aeruthreo venientia munera fluctu
quam laedunt gentes vario certamine rerum
Graecia cum pueris Hispania Pallados usu
venatu Lybiae tellus orientis amomo
Aegyptos Phariis levitatibus artibus actis
Gallia semper ovans dives Campania vino
haec cito deficiunt et habent breve munus amoris
momentis damnata suis sed si quis ad omnes
respiciat vitae casus hominemque laboret
metiri brevitate sua tunc credere discet
nil aliut melius fieri nisi viribus aevi
quot possit durare diu sub honore deorum
nunc ego non dubitem tacitis Acherontos in umbris
si post Fata manent sensus gaudere parentem
saepe Secunde tuum reliquas et spernere turmas
quod sciat hic tantam faciem superesse sepulchri
perpetua novitate sui s[i]c stare nitentes
consensus lapidum sic de radice levatos
in melius crevisse gradus ut et angulus omnis
sic quasi mollitae ductus sit stamine cerae
mobilibus signis hilaris scalptura n[ov]a[t]ur
et licet atsidue probet hos vaga turba decores
lucentes stupeat pariter pendere columnas
quit cum militiae titulos ipsumque parentem
numinibus dederis haec gaudia saepe videntem
quae quondam dedit ipse loco dum munera Bacchi
multa creat primasq(ue) cupit componere vi[te]s
et nemus exornat revocatis saepius undis
permittant mihi [fa]ta loq[ui n]octisq(ue) timendae
regnator Stygius sic immortalis haberi
iam debet pater ecce tuus Ditisq(ue) relicti
tristem deservisse domum dum tempore toto
mavolt haec monumenta sequi scriptisq(ue) per aevom
[vi]vere nominibus solitis insistere lucis
[adsi]due patrias hinc cernere dulciter arces.
-

Quosq(ue) dedit natis prope semper habere Penates
forsitan haec multi vano sermone ferentes
venturae citius dicant praesagia mortis
si quis dum vivit ponat monimenta futuris
temporibus mihi non tales sunt pectore sensus
set puto securos fieri quicumque parare
aeternam volvere domum certoque rigore
numquam lapsuros vitae defigere muros
fatis certa via est neq(ue) se per stamina mutat
Atropos ut primo coepit decurrere filo
crede Secunde mihi pensatos ibis in annos
set securus eris set toto pectore dives
dum nulli gravis esse potes nec plena labore
testamenta facis tuus hoc dum non timet heres
ut sic aedificet iam nunc quodcumq(ue) relinques
totum perveniet tua quo volet ire voluntas
sed revocat me cura operis celsiq(ue) decores
stat sublimis honor vicinaq(ue) nubila pulsat
et solis metitur iter si iungere montes
forte velint oculi vincuntur in ordine colles
si videas campos infra iacet abdita tellus
non sic Romuleas exire colossos in arces
dicitur aut circi medias obeliscus in auras
nec sic sistrigeri demonstrat pervia Nili
dum sua perspicuis aperit Pharos aequora flam(m)is
quid non docta facit pietas lapis ecce foratus
luminibus multis hortatur currere blandas
intus apes et cerineos componere nidos
ut semper domus haec Thymbraeo nectare dulcis
sudet florisapos dum dant nova mella liquores

huc iterum pietas venerandas erige mentes
et mea quo nosti carmina more fove
ecce Secundus adest iterum qui pectore sancto
non monimenta patri sed nova templa dedit
quo nunc Calliope gemino me limite cogis
quas iam transegi ru(r)sus adire vias
nempe fuit nobis operis descriptio magni
diximus et iunctis saxa polita locis
circuitus nemorum currentes dulciter undas
atque reportantes m[ell]a frequenter apes
hoc tamen hoc solum [n]ostrae puto defuit arti
dum cadis ad multos ebria Musa iocos
in summo tremulas galli non diximus alas
altior extrema qui puto nube volat
-

cuius si membris vocem natura dedisset
cogeret hic omnes surgere mane deos
et iam nominibus signantur limina certis
cernitur et titulis credula vita suis
opto Secunde geras multos feliciter annos
et quae fecisti tu monimenta legas
-
T(itus) Flavius Secundus filius fecit T(ito) Flavio Secun-
5do patri pio mil(itavit) an(nos) XXXIII vix(it) an(nos) CX h(ic) s(itus) e(st) Flaviae Urbanae matri piae vix(it) an(nos) CV h(ic) s(ita) e(st) Fl(aviae) Secundae so-
rori p(iae) v(ixit) a(nnos) XX h(ic) s(ita) e(st) T(ito) Fl(avio) Marcello fra-
tri p(io) v(ixit) a(nnos) XX h(ic) s(itus) e(st) T(ito) Fl(avio) Martiali fratr-
i mil(itavit) a(nnos) XII v(ixit) a(nnos) XXXV h(ic) s(itus) e(st) Fl(aviae) Speratae soro-
ri p(iae) v(ixit) a(nnos) XXXVI h(ic) s(ita) e(st) Aemiliae Sex(ti) fi(liae) Pacatae uxori piae flaminicae perp(etuae) vix(it) an(nos) LIII h(ic) s(ita) e(st) T(itus) Flavius T(iti) filius Pap(iria) Secundus ipse flamen perp(etuus) vix(it) an(nos) LX h(ic) s(itus) e(st) Fl(aviae) T(iti) filiae Pacatae fla-
minicae perp(etuae) col(oniae) The-
lept(ensis) fil(iae) piae Fl(avia) Libera ma-
30ter statuam posuit v(ixit) a(nnos) XV m(enses) X h(ic) s(ita) e(st) F(lavia) Libera T(iti) Fl(avi) Secundi uxor pia vix(it) an(nos) LXXXVIII h(ic) s(ita) e(st) -
Fl(avia) Faustina pia vix(it) an(nos) XXXVIII h(ic) s(ita) e(st) T(itus) Fl(avius) Faustinus et Fl(avia) Victoria parentes po-
suerunt. -
Fl(avia) Libera pia vix(it) an(nos) XVI m(enses) VI T(itus) Fl(avius) Faustinus et Fl(avia) Victoria parentes posuerunt. H(ic) s(ita) e(st). -
T(itus) Fl(avius) Pap(iria) Receptus aedilicius q(uaestor) aerari(i) decurio col(oniae) Thelept(ensis) pius vix(it) an(nos) XXXVI h(ic) s(itus) e(st) T(itus) Fl(avius) Faustinus et Fl(avia) Victoria parentes posu-
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Apparatus

l.6 set orig., reg. sed
l.12 set orig., reg. sed | set orig., reg. sed
l.36 aliut orig., reg. aliud
l.37 quot orig., reg. quod
l.40 atque orig., reg. adque
l.47 atsidue orig., reg. adsidue
l.49 quit orig., reg. quid
l.58 mavolt orig., reg. mavult

Main Translation

Translation Titus Flavius Secundus, son, made this: for Titus Flavius Secundus, his pious father. He served in the military for 33 years, he lived for 110, here he lies. For Flavia Urbana, his pious mother. She lived for 105 years, here she lies. For Flavia Secunda, his pious sister. She lived for 20 years, here she lies. For Titus Flavius Marcellus, his pious brother. He lived for 20 years, here he lies. For Titus Flavius Martialis, his brother. He served in the military for 13 years, he lived for 35 years, here he lies. For Flavia Sperata, his pious sister. She lived for 36 years, here she lies. For Aemilia Pacata, daughter of Sextus, his pious wife, flaminica perpetua. She lived for 53 years, here she lies. Titus Flavius Secundus, son of Titus, of the Papirian tribe, a flamen perpetuus himself, lived for 60 years, lies here. For Flavia Pacata, daughter of Titus, flaminica perpetua of colonia Thelepta, his pious daughter. Flavia Libera, her mother, put up her statue. She lived for 15 years and 10 months, and lies here. Flavia Libera, pious wife of Titus Flavius Secundus, lived for 88 years, lies here.
Flavia Faustina, pious, lived for 38 years, lies here. Her parents, Titus Flavius Faustinus and Flavia Victoria, put [this] up [for her].
Flavia Libera, pious, lived for 16 years and 6 months. Her parents, Titus Flavius Faustinus and Flavia Victoria put [this] up [for her]. Here she lies.
Titus Flavius Receptus, of the Papirian tribe, ex-aedile, quaestor aerari, decurio of colonia Thelepta, pious, lived for 36 years, lies here. His parents, Titus Flavius Faustinus and Flavius Victoria put [this] up [for him].

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It is the natural law that the time of brief life is fleeting, and the short hours of the days that are seized [from us] pass by quickly, and Lachesis, aware that she maliciously breaks her thread, continually, buries mortal bodies in Elysian land. Now, however, the semblance of a beguiling system has been found through which men may exist, prolonged throughout the ages. Longer shall their memory exist, and much of it be preserved, with them in inscriptions which shall remain, sturdier, throughout the years. Look! A recent act of piety, that will win favour with everyone, deserves great amount of fame, with praise; now it has been completed from a new precedent, which Flavius Secundus, acting in the manner of his father, marked in his honour. Who stops here now without favourable virtus in their mind, who shall not admire this work and be astonished, looking at such expense poured [into this monument], to see such wealth, through which the monument surges upwards into the air in the ether? This is the most praiseworthy way of [expressing one’s] fortune, in this way, these expenses make his final resting place eternal for him, in this way, money knows that it has an immortal purpose, as it is well and firmly fixed with an eternal use. It is up to others to see3731 that madness which is led by too much gold, what the beauty of silver takes with a bribe of blood, and it is up to others to see the error of pride poured out in extravagance to false lovers. This learnt to seek, for a vast sum of money, clothes from far off lands and gems delightful in their sparkle, or gifts obtained from the waves of the Indian Ocean, which the people of the world have wounded one another for in various combats, Greece with boys, Spain with the skill of Pallas, the land of Libya for hunting, cardamom from the East, Egyptian lands with frivolous people from Pharus, Gaul always rejoices in its skill in art, Campania rich in wine. These gifts are quickly forsaken and are condemned for their a brief moment of pleasure. But if anyone who shall look back at all the misfortunes of life and be troubled by man’s brief existence, will then learn to believe that nothing will be better unless that which can endure for a long time in the strength of the living, in honour of the gods. Now I, I do not doubt that, amongst the silent shades in Acheron, if feelings remain after death, your father, Secundus, is joyful and spurns the rest of the crowd, because he shall know that such an appearance of a tomb survives in its perpetual novelty, in this way the stone stands, bright, in harmony, in this way the steps, rising up from the foundations, ascend more correctly, and it is as if every edge
had been made in this way, shaped by soft wax. The cheerful statue is innovative with mobile designs and the wandering crowd rightly continually approves of the decorations, they are equally astounded to contemplate the shining columns. What about when you gave to the divinities inscriptions of his military service and your father himself? He often observed these delights which he once gave to this place, while it created plentiful gifts of Bacchus and he wanted to lay out the first vines and supply the grove more frequently with diverted streams. The Fates and the ruler of the Styx, of the night that must be feared, permit me to speak: in this way, look, now your father ought to be considered immortal, and to have abandoned and deserted the gloomy house of Dis, when, for the whole of time, he prefers to follow this monument and to live forever in his inscribed name, to pause in the groves he was accustomed to, to continually see the stronghold of his homeland, sweeter to him, from here, and to have the household gods he gave to his children always nearby. Perhaps many, in empty words, talk about how those who speak prematurely of their death will come to it faster, if anyone while he lives shall put up a monument for future events. There are no such feelings in my heart, but I think whoever wants to make an eternal home, in the surety and rigidity of life, prepare and establish worry-free walls that never fade away. The road of Fate is fixed, nor can Atropos change it with her thread: as she begins to traverse the first thread, believe me, Secundus, you will go through the years that have been weighed out for you. But you will be worry-free, rich in your whole heart, when you can be neither a burden nor make wills filled with work, when your heir need not be afraid, as you will have built it in this way. Already now whatever you leave behind will arrive in its entirety where your will wishes it to go. But attention to the work, and the lofty beauties, call me back. This honourable duty stands tall and beats against the nearby clouds and it measures out the journey of the sun. If by chance one’s eyes wish to span the mountains, their hilly forms are conquered one after another; if you shall see the plains, the earth lies hidden below. It is said that, in this way, the Colossus does not rise above the Romulean hills, or the obelisk of the Circus into the middle of the wind, nor in this way does Pharos expose the entrance of the sistrum-rattling Nile while it reveals its waters with clear flames. What does this skilled act of piety not do? Look, the stone, which has been bored with many openings, encourages charming bees to hurry inside and make waxy nests, so that this home shall always exude flower-scented liquid, sweet with thyme nectar, while they make new honey.

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Come here again, piety! Encourage ideas that must be revered and foster my verses in your manner! Look! Secundus addresses you again, he who, from his virtuous breast, did not give a monument to his father, but a new temple. Now why, Calliope, do you limit me to a double boundary, to approach again roads I have already gone down? Surely, I have described my great work and I have spoken about the polished stones, joined together, in this place, the groves around it, the sweetly running streams and the bees that frequently bring back their honey? However this, this alone, I think, is missing in my work of art, while you fall, inebriated Muse, to many jovialities: I have not spoken about the trembling wings of the cock on the top, which flies higher, I think, than the last cloud; if nature had given a voice to its limbs, it would compel all the gods to rise in the morning. And now the entrance is marked with the assured names and life sees the truth in these inscriptions. I hope, Secundus, you will live successfully for many years and you, you shall read the monument which you made.
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Prosopographical Information

  • NameTitus Flavius Secundus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSenile (61+)
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameFlavia Urbana
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSenile (61+)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameFlavia Secunda
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameTitus Flavius Marcellus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameTitus Flavius Martialis
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameFlavia Sperata
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameAemilia Pacata
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameFlavia Pacata
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameTitus Flavius Secundus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    RoleDedicator
  • NameFlavia Libera
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameFlavia Faustina
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSenile (61+)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameTitus Flavius Faustinus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameFlavia Victoria
    GenderFemale
    RoleDedicator
  • NameFlavia Libera
    GenderFemale
    Age RangeSubadult (13–20)
    RoleDedicatee
  • NameTitus Flavius Receptus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeAdult (21–60)
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee

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Date (From) 151 AD
Date (To) 170 AD
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Created 2026-08-28, by Anna Pokorny
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