Graffito

CaesarĀ ut ad Venerem venet (:venit) sanctissimam ut tui te vexere pedes
caelestes Auguste millia milliorumĀ ponderis auri fuit


Findspot: Pompeii, Casa di Giulio Polibio (IX.13.3)
Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (1)
Prope EDR076753 et EDR079714
v.
1: ad Venerem sanctissimam = ad oppidum Veneris, i.e. Pompeii
Hi versuus metrici esse possunt (5).
Hic Caesar est Nero, quoniam sua coniunx, Poppaea, in titulo supra (EDR076753) in eodem pariete, nominata est.
Fortasse Nero et Poppaea munera oppido Pompeis post terrae motum dederunt (6).
Bibliography: Rend. Ac. Arch. Nap., 49, 1974, p. 22-25, nr. 5; fig. 2 con foto (C. Giordano) - AE 1977, AE 1985 (1)
AE 1977, 0218 (2)
AE 1985, 0284 (3)
HD003341 (4)
Quad. Urb. Cult. Class. 48, 1985, pp. 88-90 (P. Cugusi) (5)
J. Franklin, Pompeis Difficile Est: Studies in the Political Life of Imperial Pompeii, Ann Arbor 2001, pp. 124-125 (6)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR076754 (7)
Link to EDR: #EDR076754
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR076754, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR076754> [accessed: 22 Nov 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Rebecca Benefiel, Ruck, Holly Sypniewski

Last Revision: 2024-07-10

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