And today we're headed to Rome. This sign is in the Capitoline Museum, in Rome, and has been around for a few millennia. I don't read Latin, but can make out a few words: pontifical, senate, kings, first (and I'll guess that "Ti Clau Aug" is Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus). [To see more signs, go here.] |
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ReplyDeleteSpot on about Claudius (of Robert Graves’ I, Claudius fame). This is from the Arch of Claudius dedicated in AD 51. A complete translation and information can be found here. Although Pontifex Maximus does have papal connotations, and therefor “pontifical,” in ancient Rome it was more about this.
ReplyDeleteThere is a conjectured reconstruction of the missing three quarters of the plaque here. Although it is written in Latin it might as well be Greek to me.
DeleteMe too, TG. I could use my classically educated Dad for this one.
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ReplyDeleteI think this qualifies as the oldest sign. Neat find!
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