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Identification

Reference as: MPL02023
Title Funerary inscription for Publius Clodius Pius
Trismegistos-No. 515156

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Beneventum
Find Context Benevento, loc. Masseria Grasso, chapel of S. Maria a Voto (ca. 1753); then in front of the atrium of the church of Pastene (mid-19th century); finally fr. Capasso palace Torre di Caprara (a. 1942). For the chapel of S. Maria a Voto see EDR152700. The left fragment: CLOD[ /DVM[ /CONDE[ /OD COMEDI E[, donated in 1942 to the Museo del Sannio, is currently lost.
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Current Location Benevento, Museo del Sannio
Inventory number
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type block
Material local stone
State of Preservation complete
Dimensions

width: 87.0 cm

height: 30.0 cm

depth: unknown

Letter Size in cm (min) 0.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 0.0
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceYes

Text

Function funerary inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Iambic senarius
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

PCLODIVSPFSTEPIVSLEGXX[]
DVMVIXIVIXIQVOMODO
CONDECETINGENVOMQV
ODCOMEDIETEBIBITANTVMMEVEST
P(ublius) Clodius P(ubli) f(ilius) Ste(llatina) Pius, leg(ione) XX[X?].
Dum vixi, vixi quomodo
condecet ingenuom. Qu-
od comedi et ebibi, tantum meu est.
P(ublius) Clodius P(ubli) f(ilius) Ste(llatina) Pius, leg(ione) XX[X?].
Dum vixi, vixi quomodo condecet ingenuom.
Quod comedi et ebibi, tantum meu est.
Apparatus

l.3 ingenuom orig., reg. ingenuum
l.4 meu orig., reg. meum

Text follows CIL.
l. 1: XX[X] vel XX.

Main Translation

Translation Publius Clodius Pius, son of Publius, of the Stellatinan tribe, of the 30th legion.
While I lived, I lived in a manner becoming of a freeborn: what I ate and drank was mine alone.
Citation Faithfull 2024

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

  • NameP. Clodius Pius
    GenderMale
    Legal StatusRoman citizen
    ProfessionMilitary staff
    RoleDedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 40 BC
Date (To) 10 BC
Date (Criteria)

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Editing History

Created 2026-09-02, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphic Database Roma at 2024-08-29T14:02:55, ID there: EDR186922
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-08-29 14:02
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-09-18 09:24
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-05 12:15
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-11-18 15:10
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-11-18 17:08
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 14:10
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 14:10
  8. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-04 10:06
  9. by Anna Martelli
    at 2026-09-02 12:13
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