Upper front part of the base of the statue dedicated by the people of Delphi to Marcus Minucius Rufus, who defeated the Scordisci in 106 BCE
106 BCE. Copy.CIL III 14203, 23 = CIL I2 692 = ILS 8887 = ILLRP 337 = ILGR 153. Inv. No. MCR 147.Rome, Museum of Roman CivilizationPhoto by Olga Lyubimova
Upper front part of the base of the statue dedicated by the people of Delphi to Marcus Minucius Rufus, who defeated the Scordisci in 106 BCE.
106 BCE. Copy.
CIL III 14203, 23 = CIL I2 692 = ILS 8887 = ILLRP 337 = ILGR 153.
CIL III 14203, 23 = CIL I2 692 = ILS 8887 = ILLRP 337 = ILGR 153.
Inv. No. MCR 147.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization
(Roma, Museo della civiltà romana).
Origin:
Delphi, Greece. Original in Delphi, Greece.
Description:
CIL III 14203, 23 = CIL I2 692 = ILS 8887 = ILLRP 337 = ILGR 153
Μενεκράτης καὶ Σώπατρος Θηβαῖοι ἐποίεσαν
M(arcum) Minucium Q(uinti) f(ilium) Rufum imperatorem Galleis / Scordisteis et Besseis / [reliqueisque Thraecibus devictei]s [ob me]rita [Apolline]i / de[dic]avit populus Delphius
Menecrates and Sopatros the Thebans have made (this statue).
(This statue of) Marcus Minucius, son of Quintus, Rufus, imperator, after the Gauls, Scordisti, and Bessi and the remaining Thracians were defeated by him, because of his merits, to Apollo was dedicated by the People of Delphi.
Credits:
(сс) 2009. Photo: Olga Lyubimova (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text of the description: the inscription in the museum.
English translation: Rome and Greek East to the Death of Augustus / Ed. and transl. by R. K. Sherk. Cambridge, 1984. P. 56, No. 52
Text of the description: the inscription in the museum.
English translation: Rome and Greek East to the Death of Augustus / Ed. and transl. by R. K. Sherk. Cambridge, 1984. P. 56, No. 52
Keywords: epigraphia epigraphy inscription iscrizione epigrafia epigraphik epigrafik inschrift épigraphie roman romano romana romani römisch römische romaine ελληνική greek griechische grecque with dedicatory inscriptions dedicatoria widmungsinschrift weihinschrift dédicatoire honorary onoraria ehreninschrift honorifique base statue marcus minucius rufus delphi apollo galli scordisci bessi thracians menecrates sopatros thebans cil iii 14203 23 i 2 692 ils 8887 illrp 337 ilgr 153 marcum minucium quinti filium rufum imperatorem galleis scordisteis et besseis reliqueisque thraecibus devicteis ob merita apollinei dedicavit populus delphius inv no mcr 147
