Inscriptions: Epitaph of Titus Flaminius from Faventia

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00786
Title	Epitaph of Titus Flaminius from Faventia
Trismegistos-No.	154785

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Viroconium
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Shrewsbury, Museum and Art Gallery
Inventory number	SHYMS A/94/001/005
Current Location Details	Shrewsbury, Mus. and Art Gall.
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Object Details

Object Type	base
Material	sandstone
State of Preservation	fragmentary
Dimensions	width: 67.0 cm height: 61.0 cm depth: 23.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Above base fragments of two feet
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Text

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

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

[]AMINIVST(ITIFILIVS)POL(LIATRIBV)FA[]
[]NORVMXXXXVSTIPXXIIMILLEG
[]IIGEMMILITAVIAQNVNCHICS[]M

[]LEGITEETFELICESVITAPLVSMIN[]E[]:
5[]IVVAVINIETAQVAPROHIBENTVBI
TARTARDITISVIVITEDVMSI[]
VITAEDATTEMPVSHONESTE!

[T](itus) [ Fl]aminius T(iti filius) Pol(lia tribu) Fa[v](entia)
[an]norum XXXXV stip(endiorum) XXII mil(es) leg(ionis)
[XII]II Gem(inae) militavi aq(uilifer), nunc hic s[u]m.

[Haec?] legite et felices vita plus min[us] e[ste]:
5[d]i uva(m) vini et aqua(m) prohibent, ubi
Tartar(a) Ditis; vivite, dum si[dus]
vitae dat tempus, honeste!

[T](itus) [ Fl]aminius T(iti filius) Pol(lia tribu) Fa[v](entia) [an]norum XXXXV stip(endiorum) XXII mil(es) leg(ionis) [XII]II Gem(inae) militavi aq(uilifer), nunc hic s[u]m.

[Haec?] legite et felices vita plus min[us] e[ste]:
[d]i uva(m) vini et aqua(m) prohibent, ubi Tartar(a) Ditis;
vivite, dum si[dus] vitae dat tempus, honeste!

Apparatus

Text follows Kruschwitz 2015, 12 (different readings in other editions)
Checked on picture by Felix Michler

Main Translation

Translation	Titus Flaminius, son of Titus, of the tribus Pollia, from Faventia, aged 45: With 22 years of service as soldier of the 14th legion ‘Gemina’ I was bearer of the eagle: now I am here. Read these words, and be happy in your life, more or less: as you approach the underworld, the gods deny you the wine’s grape and water. Live life honestly, while the star of life permits.
Citation	P. Kruschwitz, Undying Voices, 12

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Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	43 AD
Date (To)	61 AD
Date (Criteria)	history

Bibliography

CIL 07, 00154. 🔗 link
CLE 0806.
AE 1959, 0158.
R.P. Wright, JRS 48, 1958, 151, Nr. 5. - AE 1959.
RIB 0292; Zeichnung. 🔗 link
AE 1995, 0997.
M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 26, 1995, 388-389, (b). - AE 1995.
M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 47-48, Nr. 147; Pl. 41, 147.
CLEBrit (2. Aufl.) 01.
HD019333 🔗 link
P. Kruschwitz, Undying voices: the poetry of Roman Britain., Reading 2015, 12 Nr. 3 (with English translation) 🔗 link
EDCS-07800541 🔗 link

Images

RIB (Photo by Scott Vanderbilt (2023))

Editing History

Created	2025-03-31, by Felix Michler
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-04-18T11:46:02, ID there: HD019333

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