Inscriptions: Epitaph of the freedman C. Seccius Lesbius by his patron

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00996
Title	Epitaph of the freedman C. Seccius Lesbius by his patron
Trismegistos-No.	212154

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Mogontiacum
Find Context	Parish of Zahlbac, on the site of the Roman cemetery, 1804.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Mainz, Landesmuseum Mainz
Inventory number	S 3
Current Location Details
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"item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1119", "long_id": "MPL01119", "place": "Mogontiacum", "text": "Nos numerus [---]", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Identification inscription from Mogontiacum \u2013 Mainz (Germania superior) - HD078166"}, {"coords": [49.9989, 8.27387], "id": 1131, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1131", "long_id": "MPL01131", "place": "Mogontiacum", "text": "[------] poteris [co]gnoscere lector [------] [\u2066 \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Mogontiacum \u2013 Mainz (Germania superior) - HD082427"}, {"coords": [49.9989, 8.27387], "id": 2230, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2230", "long_id": "MPL02230", "place": "Mogontiacum", "text": "L(uci) et C(ai) et Sex(ti) Valeriorum l(ibertus) \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$OS_CIL_13_07119.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the freedman Servandus by his patrons, the Valerii Lucius, Caius and Sextus"}, {"coords": 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"long_id": "MPL00448", "place": "Augusta Treverorum", "text": "Hic Amant-iae in pace hospita c-aro iacet.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Amantia"}, {"coords": [49.7598, 6.65231], "id": 449, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/449", "long_id": "MPL00449", "place": "Augusta Treverorum", "text": "[---] Glyceria i [---] [---]ti coniunx[---] [--- s\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Glyceria"}, {"coords": [49.7384, 6.63245], "id": 450, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/450", "long_id": "MPL00450", "place": "Augusta Treverorum", "text": "------ [--- litt]e\u0323ra parva notat [--- sorte gra]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription"}, {"coords": [49.7598, 6.65239], "id": 451, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/451", "long_id": "MPL00451", "place": "Augusta Treverorum", "text": "[---h]ic posita est clarissima femina [mater(?)] q\u2026", "thumbnail_url": 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"https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/455", "long_id": "MPL00455", "place": "Augusta Treverorum", "text": "------ [---]ne pulchro [---]am modo dulcis eras\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription"}, {"coords": [50.9407, 6.95991], "id": 849, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/849", "long_id": "MPL00849", "place": "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] dextera niten[---] quant\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium \u2013 K\u00f6ln (Germania inferior) - HD018966"}, {"coords": [50.9407, 6.95991], "id": 1056, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1056", "long_id": "MPL01056", "place": "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", "text": "Hoc hoc sepulcrum respice qui carmen et Musas amas\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$PF_RSK_00334_3.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the young slaves Sidonius and Xantias"}, {"coords": [50.9407, 6.95991], "id": 1074, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1074", "long_id": "MPL01074", "place": "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", "text": "Blan\u0361dam t\u0361e, pietas, mors in\u0361pia \u2e22f\u2e23un\u0361ere tristi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$PF_RSK_00496_1.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Lupassius"}, {"coords": [50.9407, 6.95991], "id": 1092, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1092", "long_id": "MPL01092", "place": "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", "text": "Optat\u0361e \u003ch\u003ei[c] nomen signa-tum carmine tristi nom\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$K_IKoeln_00541a.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Optata by her parents Optatus and Nemesia"}, {"coords": [50.9407, 6.95991], "id": 1096, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1096", "long_id": "MPL01096", "place": "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", "text": "Hic iac\u0026lt;e=I\u0026gt;t Artemia dulcis aptissimus inf-\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Colonia Claudia Augusta? 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Agrippinensium \u2013 K\u00f6ln (Germania inferior) - HD076741"}, {"coords": [50.9407, 6.95991], "id": 1127, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1127", "long_id": "MPL01127", "place": "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", "text": "[Vien(na)] [flor(escas)] [fel]ix Felix Vien[na po\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Acclamation from Colonia Claudia Augusta? Agrippinensium \u2013 K\u00f6ln (Germania inferior) - HD080689"}, {"coords": [50.9407, 6.95991], "id": 2233, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2233", "long_id": "MPL02233", "place": "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", "text": "Front (A): D(is) M(anibus). Aurelio Timavio, alu\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$K_IKoeln_00404a.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of the freedman and alumnus Aurelius Timavius by his patron Aurelius Maximus"}, {"coords": [49.8452, 7.84604], "id": 1126, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1126", "long_id": "MPL01126", "place": "Cruciniacum", "text": "[------]ris tu perfide vecto[r ------ [------]eE \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Inscription from Cruciniacum (Civitas Vangionum?) \u2013 Bad Kreuznach (Germania superior) - HD080494"}, {"coords": [49.8452, 7.84604], "id": 2143, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2143", "long_id": "MPL02143", "place": "Cruciniacum", "text": "Tu es flos amorum.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Crucianicum"}, {"coords": [50.5788, 7.22699], "id": 852, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/852", "long_id": "MPL00852", "place": "Rigomagus", "text": "Quisquis ammat (sic) pueros sene (sic) finem (si\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Acclamation from Rigomagus? \u2013 Remagen? (Germania inferior) - HD020750"}, {"coords": [50.5788, 7.22699], "id": 1125, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1125", "long_id": "MPL01125", "place": "Rigomagus", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069 ---nom]\u0026lt;i=E\u0026gt;ne [--\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Rigomagus? \u2013 Remagen? (Germania inferior) - HD079901"}, {"coords": [50.2235, 7.56975], "id": 1123, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1123", "long_id": "MPL01123", "place": "Baudobriga", "text": "Cum provitate (sic) pod(o)r (sic) ca-st(it)as q(ua\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Baudobriga \u2013 Boppard (Germania superior) - HD078704"}, {"coords": [51.6679, 6.44818], "id": 1120, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1120", "long_id": "MPL01120", "place": " Colonia Ulpia Traiana", "text": "Silvano Loupi f(ilio) Trever(o) eq(uiti) ala Vocon\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Silvanus Treverus"}, {"coords": [51.6679, 6.44818], "id": 2153, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2153", "long_id": "MPL02153", "place": " Colonia Ulpia Traiana", "text": "Vini da do vi[tam].", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Colonia Ulpia Traiana"}, {"coords": [49.9039, 8.58874], "id": 1008, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1008", "long_id": "MPL01008", "place": "Civitas Auderiensium", "text": "\u03a3\u03c9\u03b8\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u1f73\u03bc[\u03bf\u03c5] \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u1f75\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u1f71-\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f79\u03c7\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u1f50\u03be\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from (Civitas Auderiensium) \u2013 Stockstadt/Main (Germania superior) - HD060177"}, {"coords": [49.9039, 8.58874], "id": 1090, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1090", "long_id": "MPL01090", "place": "Civitas Auderiensium", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) Honoratia-no filio hic iacet exa-5\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from (Civitas Auderiensium) \u2013 Obernburg/Main (Germania superior) - HD075841"}, {"coords": [49.9039, 8.58874], "id": 1091, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1091", "long_id": "MPL01091", "place": "Civitas Auderiensium", "text": "[---]e\u0323m\u0323[---] [---] hic in[terfe-][ce]r\u0323e latron\u0361\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/8583-1.jpg", "title": "Epitaph of Perigenes by his brother Publius Clodius Secundus"}, {"coords": [50.0808, 8.45089], "id": 837, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/837", "long_id": "MPL00837", "place": "Hofheim am Taunus", "text": "Felix si fueris multos", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Assignation inscription from Hofheim/Taunus (Germania superior) - HD016765"}, {"coords": [50.302, 7.456], "id": 1011, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1011", "long_id": "MPL01011", "place": "Kobern-Gondorf", "text": "Dura quidem frangit parvorum morte parentes condic\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Kobern-Gondorf (Germania superior) - HD060953"}, {"coords": [50.167, 7.283], "id": 1012, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1012", "long_id": "MPL01012", "place": "Pommern", "text": "\u03a3\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u1f71\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b3\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd [C]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Pommern (Germania superior) - HD060993"}, {"coords": [49.6304, 8.35885], "id": 1051, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1051", "long_id": "MPL01051", "place": "Borbetomagus", "text": "Li(n)quite verba viri vino conte(n)dite laeti(?)", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Acclamation from Borbetomagus (Civitas Vangionum) \u2013 Worms (Germania superior) - 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Object Details

Object Type	stele
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	complete
Dimensions	width: 48.0 cm height: 140.0 cm depth: 21.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	2.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	4.5
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Pagan

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Inscription within moulded frame with rounded arch at the top. Above the frame, moulded tympanum flanked by acroteria in the shape of palmettes. Acanthus leaves sculpted on pediment.
Decoration Tags	Architecture / Acroterion Architecture / Arch Architecture / Moulding Architecture / Pediment Architecture / Tympanum Architecture / frame Plant / Acanthus leaves Plant / Palm

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Praescriptum + carmen + subscriptum
Prose Verse Distinction	Yes, by bigger lettering in prose
Layout Types (Prose)	Justified
Layout Types (Verse)	Justified
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No, just uses all available space
Graphic Signs and Spaces for Easier Carmen Reading	To separate words - Interpunction

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

CSECCIVSCLIB
LESBIVSANX͡X
HICSEST

CVMMIHIPRIMANO
5VOSSPARGEBATFLORE
IVENTVSHEVMISERAE
TATISPRAEMIANVLLAIV
LIBISDENISMIHIMORS
ANNISACCESSITINIQVA
10INGEMITETDAMNOSEC
CIVSILLEGRAVIDIMELI
ORAPRECORPRONOSTRO
MVNERACASVSENTIAT
ETPLVRESPOSSITHABERE
15SVOSHICTVMVLVMTITV
LVMQMIHIDONAVITHO
NORIETPROPRIVMNO
MENDISTINATINLAC
RVMAS

BENEMERENTI

C(aius) Seccius C(ai) lib(ertus)
Lesbius an(norum) X͡X
Hic s(itus) est.

Cum mihi prima no-
5vos spargebat flore<s>
iu<v>entus, heu miser ae-
tatis praemia nulla iu-
li. Bis denis mihi mors
annis accessit iniqua,
10ingemit et damno Sec-
cius ille gravi. Di, meli-
ora precor pro nostro
munera casu sentiat
et plures possit habere
15suos. Hic tumulum titu-
lumq(ue) mihi donavit ho-
nori et proprium no-
men distinat in lac-
rumas.

Bene merenti.

C(aius) Seccius C(ai) lib(ertus) Lesbius an(norum) X͡X Hic s(itus) est.

Cum mihi prima novos spargebat flore<s> iu<v>entus,
heu miser aetatis praemia nulla iuli.
Bis denis mihi mors annis accessit iniqua,
ingemit et damno Seccius ille gravi.
Di, meliora precor pro nostro munera casu
sentiat et plures possit habere suos.
Hic tumulum titulumq(ue) mihi donavit honori
et proprium nomen distinat in lacrumas.

Bene merenti.

Apparatus

l.7 reg., orig. iuli
l.18 reg., orig. distinat | reg., orig. lacrumas

Text follows Selzer. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation	Caius Seccius Lesbius, freedman of Caius, lies here at the age of twenty. When youth was for the first time scattering fresh flowers all over me, oh!, I, wretched, did not get to taste the fruit of this age. At twice the age of twenty, unjust death drew near me and Seccius himself mourns this terrible loss. Gods, I pray that he may receive better compensation for my loss, and that he may have many more of his own. He dedicated this grave and epitaph in my honour, and determined for tears to be shed in his own name. For the well deserving.
Citation	Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Gaius Seccius Lesbius, Freigelassener des Gaius, 20 Jahre alt, ruht hier. Als mir die erste Jugendzeit kaum frische Blumen streute, ach, da hatte ich Armer keinen Genuß meines Alters. Als ich zweimal zehn Jahre alt war, nahte sich mir das feindliche Todesgeschick. Und es seufzt jener Seccius über den schweren Verlust. O ihr Götter, möge er -ich bitte darum- bessere Güter für meinen Heimgang genießen und der Seinigen mehr behalten können. Er widmete Grabmal und Inschrift mir zur Ehre und macht seinen eigenen Namen zum Gegenstand der Tränen. Dem Wohlverdienten. (German, W. Selzer)
Cuando la juventud comenzaba a esparcir sobre mí frescas flores, jay!, yo, desgraciado, no disfruté de las ventajas de esta edad. La muerte injusta se me acercó a los veinte años y el pobre Seccio no deja de llorar por este daño irreparable. Dioses, os ruego que reciba la mayor compensación por mi muerte y que pueda vivir él muchos años más. Él ofreció esta tumba y su epitafio en mi honor, a la vez que ha dispuesto que sea llorado con su nombre. (Spanish, C. Fernández Martínez)
Gayo Seccio Lesbio, liberto de Gayo, de veinte años, aquí yace. Cuando la primera edad esparcía sobre mí flores frescas, ¡ay, desgraciado!, no aproveché disfruté ninguna de las ventajas de esta edad. La muerte injusta me llegó a los veinte años y este Seccio se lamenta por el daño irreparable. Dioses, os ruego que reciba la mayor compensación por mi muerte y que pueda vivir él muchos años más. Él ofreció esta tumba y su epitafio en mi honor y ha destinado a las lágrimas su propio nombre. Para el que bien lo merece. (Spanish, Y. López Sánchez)

Prosopographical Information

Name Caius Seccius Lesbius
Gender Male
Age Range Subadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Legal Status Freedman / Freedwoman
Role Dedicatee
Name Caius
Gender Male
Role Dedicator

Name	Caius Seccius Lesbius
Gender	Male
Age Range	Subadult (13–20) [expression: Canonical, precision: high]
Legal Status	Freedman / Freedwoman
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Caius
Gender	Male
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Boppert (CSIR). Selzer proposes a dating to the broad 1st century AD. López Sánchez also proposes a dating to the broad 1st century AD, based on the use of the Zahlbach cemetery until at least 90 AD, the pre-Claudian type of support and names.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	1 AD
Date (To)	30 AD
Date (Criteria)	language palaeography

Bibliography

CLE 01116
CIL 13, 07105
CSIR Deutschland, 02, 06, 00029
J. Becker, Die römischen Inschriften und Steinsculpturen des Museums der Stadt Mainz, Mainz 1875, 82-83, nr. 244 (with German translation) 🔗 link
W. Selzer, Römische Steindenkmäler. Mainz in römischer Zeit, Mainz 1988, 160, nr. 94 (with German translation and photo; also on dating) 🔗 link
C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina I, Madrid 1998, 512, nr. 1116 (Spanish translation of the elegiac couplets) 🔗 link
P. Cugusi, Per un nuovo corpus dei Carmina Latina Epigraphica, Materiali e discussioni, Roma 2007, 158. 🔗 link
B. Amiri, Esclaves et affranchis des Germanies: Mémoire en fragments, Stuttgart 2016, 25, n. 76, 60, n.251, 104, n. 372, 104, 158. 🔗 link
O. Schipp, Der großzügige Patron Gajus Seccius. Eine Fallstudie zur Lex Aelia Sentia und ihren Folgen für unter 30-jährige Freigelassene, Mainz. Zeitschr. 112 (2017), 15-27 - AE 2017 🔗 link
AE 2017, 01069
Y. López Sánchez, Carmina Latina Epigraphica Germaniarum, Seville 2024, 35-46 (with Spanish translation and photo, 35, fig. 14) 🔗 link
Arachne 3460523 🔗 link
EDCS-11001168 🔗 link
HD056484 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
Ubi Erat Lupa 16515 🔗 link

Images

Epitaph of the freedman Caius Seccius Lesbius by his patron Caius.
Source: EDCS-11001168 (c) Institut für Alte Geschichte Osnabrück

Editing History

Created	2025-10-10, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status	Complete
Import Notice	Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:18:43, ID there: HD056484

Revisions

by Unknown
at 2024-07-11 12:18
by Anna Pokorny
at 2024-07-30 20:49
by Chiara Cenati
at 2025-03-27 19:16
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-09-11 16:29
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-09-11 16:42
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-09-11 16:56
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-09-11 16:57
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-09-12 06:31
by Chiara Cenati
at 2025-09-13 16:10
by Fabio Spalla
at 2025-09-15 07:06
by Chiara Cenati
at 2025-10-10 15:20

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