Cippus of emperor Claudius marking the pomerium
CIL. VI. 1231 = ILS. 213.
Tiburtine stone. 49 CE.
Height 0.72 m, width 0.66 m, depth 0.10 m, height of the letters 0.035—0.08 m. RomePhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Cippus of emperor Claudius marking the pomerium.

CIL. VI. 1231 = ILS. 213.
Tiburtine stone. 49 CE.
Height 0.72 m, width 0.66 m, depth 0.10 m, height of the letters 0.035—0.08 m.

Rome
(Roma).

Origin:
Found: Rome, between via dei Banchi Vecchi and vicolo di Malpasso. Present location: Roma, via dei Banchi Vecchi, 145
Description:
CIL. VI. 1231 = ILS. 213

(on the top)
[Pomerium]
(on the front side)
Ti(berius) Claudius
Drusi f(ilius) Caisar
Aug(ustus) Germanicus,
pont(ifex) max(imus), trib(unicia) pot(estate)
5 VIIII, imp(erator) XVI, co(n)s(ul) IIII,
censor, p(ater) p(atriae),
auctis populi Romani
finibus, pomerium
amplia((v))it termina((v))itq(ue).

(on the top)
[Pomerium]
(on the front side)
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, son of Drusus, chief priest, in the ninth year of his tribunician power, imperator for the 6th time, consul for the 4th time, censor, father of fatherland, having increased the territory of the Roman people, extended and demarkated the boundary of pomerium.

Cf. Dio, 60, 22—23; Suetonius, Claudius 17; 21. The pomerium was the formal boundary of Rome. Claudius, weak and unpopular, aimed to enhance his prestige by a display of military prowess.

B. Campbell

Britain is not specified, and Claudius’ regime could boast successes elsewhere around the empire, but it was in Britain that Claudius had played a direct and personal part in the extension of Roman power beyond the limit of the inhabited world, Ocean itself.

D. Braund

Literature:
CIL. VI. 1231a; VI. 31537d ; VI. 37022
ILS. 213
Lugli G. Fontes ad Topographiam Veteris Urbis Romae Pertinentes. Vol. I. Rome, 1952. P. 128—129.
Smallwood E. M. Documents Illustrating the Principates of Gaius, Claudius and Nero. Cambridge,1967. № 44.
Campbell B. The Roman Army, 31 BC — AD 337: A Sourcebook. L., 1994. P. 75, № 37.
Braund D. Ruling Roman Britain: Kings, Queens, Governors and Emperors from Julius Caesar to Agricola. London, 1996. P. 108.
Tedeschi Grisanti G., Solin H. “Dis Manibus, pili, epitaffi et altre cose antiche” di Giovannantonio Dosio: il codice N. A. 618 della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze. Pisa, 2011. P. 160, c. 15 c.
Staccioli R. A. Tituli. Iscrizioni monumentali superstiti di Roma antica. Roma, 2013. P. 34, № 3. Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Pirro Ligorio. Libri delle iscrizioni latine e greche. (Napoli, Volume 7) / A cura di S. Orlandi. Roma 2008. P. 111.
Credits:
© 2015. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
© Text and description of the inscription: Eagle. Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy.
© 1994. Description, translation from Latin: Campbell B. The Roman Army, 31 BC — AD 337: A Sourcebook. L., 1994. P. 75, № 37.
© 1996. Description: Braund D. Ruling Roman Britain: Kings, Queens, Governors and Emperors from Julius Caesar to Agricola. London, 1996. P. 108
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