Funerary inscription of Sextus Aemilius Baro
52 BCE.
CIL I 2965 = ILLRP 786a.
Rome, Capitoline MuseumsPhoto by Olga Lyubimova

Funerary inscription of Sextus Aemilius Baro.

52 BCE.
CIL I 2965 = ILLRP 786a.

Rome, Capitoline Museums
(Roma, Musei capitolini).

Origin:
Rome, via Alberto Mario, 1955.
Description:
CIL I 2965 = ILLRP 786a

Sex(tus) Aemilius Sex(ti) l(ibertus) / Baro / frumentar(ius) / in ignem inlatus est / prid(ie) Non(as) Quinct(iles) / Cn(aeo) Pompeio co(n)s(ule) tert(ium)

Sextus Aemilius Baro, the freedman of Sextus, grain seller, was cremated the day before the nones of Quintilis, in the third consulship of Gnaeus Pompey (July 6, 52 BCE).

Credits:
(сс) 2009. Photo: Olga Lyubimova (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text: the inscription in the museum.
Keywords: epigraphia epigraphy inscription iscrizione epigrafia epigraphik epigrafik inschrift épigraphie roman romano romana romani römisch römische romaine gravestone funerary inscriptions epitaph in pietra tombale epitaffio grabstein-inschrift de pierre épitaphe sextus aemilius baro grain seller third consulship of pompey cil i 2965 illrp 786a 786 a sexti libertus frumentarius ignem inlatus est pridie nonas quinctiles cnaeo pompeio consule tertium