Inscription praising the consul Gaius Duilius who defeated the Carthaginians at the battle of Mylae (Milazzo, Sicily) in 260 BCE
Augustan age (27 BCE — 14 CE). Copy.CIL VI 40952 = Inscr. It. XIII2 13 = ILS 55. Inv. No. MCR 120.Rome, Museum of Roman CivilizationPhoto by Olga Lyubimova
Inscription praising the consul Gaius Duilius who defeated the Carthaginians at the battle of Mylae (Milazzo, Sicily) in 260 BCE.
Augustan age (27 BCE — 14 CE). Copy.
CIL VI 40952 = Inscr. It. XIII2 13 = ILS 55.
CIL VI 40952 = Inscr. It. XIII2 13 = ILS 55.
Inv. No. MCR 120.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization
(Roma, Museo della civiltà romana).
Origin:
Forum of Augustus, Rome. Original in the Antiquarium on the Caelian Hill, Rome.
Description:
CIL VI 40952 = Inscr. It. XIII2 13 = ILS 55
] navis oc[toginta et Macellam] / [oppidum c]epit pri[m]us d[e Poenis n]aval[em trium]/[phum egit h]uic per[mis]sum est u[t ab e]pulis domum / [cum tibici]ne e[t f]unali rediret [ei s]tatua c[um] / [columna] pr[ope a]ream Vulc[ani p]os[i]t[a est] / [aedem apud foru]m ho[litorium ex spoliis Iano fecit]
... captured eighty ships and the fortress of Macella. He was the first to celebrate a naval triumph over the Carthagenians. He was permitted to go back home after feasts with a flutist and a torch. A statue with a column was erected for him near the area of Vulcanus. He built the temple of Janus near the vegetable market from his spoils.
Credits:
(сс) 2009. Photo: Olga Lyubimova (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text of the description: the inscription in the museum.
Text of the description: the inscription in the museum.
Keywords: epigraphia epigraphy inscription iscrizione epigrafia epigraphik epigrafik inschrift épigraphie roman romano romana romani römisch römische romaine honorary onoraria ehreninschrift honorifique caius gaius duilius consul i punic war mylae column praising macella naval triumph flutist torch area of vulcanus temple janus forum holitorium vegetable market cil vi 40952 inscr it xiii 2 13 ils 55 navis octoginta et macellam oppidum cepit primus de poenis navalem triumphum egit huic permissum est ut ab epulis domum cum tibicine funali rediret ei statua columna prope aream vulcani posita aedem apud ex spoliis iano fecit inv no mcr 120
