Graffito

minimum malum fit contem[n]endo maxu[mum] (:maximum)


Findspot: Pompeii, Basilica (VIII.1.1)
Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (1), mensurae secundum apographon apud (1).
Sententia nota Pompeiis (7). Idem versus recurrit in tit. Pompeiano CIL IV 1870 (EDR193267) et Herculanensi CIL IV 10634 (EDR153355). In tit. CIL 1870 verbum Menedemerumenus titulo adscripsit auctor.
Fortasse similis scriptis Publili Syri (e.g. 'necesse est minima maximorum esse initia') (4); contra (7).
Bibliography: CIL 04, 01811 con apografo (1), cf. p. 464 (2), p. 1690 (3)
CLE 0035 (4)
A. Cooley, A. and M.G.L. Cooley, Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London 2004, p. 78. (5)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 349 con foto (6)
K. Milnor, Graffiti and the Literary Landscape in Roman Pompeii. Oxford 2014, pp. 176-177. (7)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR193265 (8)
Link to EDR: #EDR193265
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR193265, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR193265> [accessed: 31 Oct 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Alessandra Tafaro

Last Revision: 2024-07-06

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