The Epigraphical Evidence For The Reigns Of Vespasian And Titus

Download or read book The Epigraphical Evidence for the Reigns of Vespasian and Titus written by Homer Curtis Newton and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...XII, 9. Cf. no. 84; or tribunician power VIII--cf. no. 122. This inscription was on a cippus near the bridge now called S. Nicolai, on the via Cassia. It may commemorate the building of this bridge by Claudius and its restoration by Vespasian. The via Cassia led from Rome to Arretium, Florence, and Lucca. It was a frequented highway at least as early as Cicero's time.1 Via Flaminia. 118. Imp. T. Caesar divi Vespas./. Vespasianus Aug., pontif. max., tr. pot. XIIII,2 imp. XV, cos. VIII, p. p., cen. CXLII. (C. /. L. IX, 5936.) Date, January-June, 80. Septempeda in Picenum. The via Flaminia was the great highway from Rome to Ariminum. Septempeda was a small town on a branch of this road leading from Nuceria, in Umbria, to Ancona. The milestones of the branch were numbered from Rome. The Flaminian road was found of great importance on occasion of the invasion of Italy by the forces of Vespasian under Antonius Primus.' Vespasian added to its convenience by constructing a tunnel through the rock at Intercisa.4 Via Flavia. 119. Imp. Caesar Vespasianus Aug., pontif.: ., trib. pot. X, imp. XVIIIl, censor, cos. VIII, des. VII//, viam Flavian fecit. (C. I. L. V, 7987.) Date, July-December, 78. Pola in Histria. 120. Imp. Titus Caesar Vespasianus Aug., pont. max., tr. pot. IX, imp. XIIII, p. p., cens., cos. VII, viam F(laviam) f(ecit). XII. (C. /. L. V, 7988.) Date, July-December, 79. Unknown, now at Venice. 121. Imp. T. Caesar Vespasianus Aug., ponui. max., trib. pot. VIllI, imp. XIIII, (C. I. L. V, 7986.) Date, July-December, 79. Near Pola in Histria. 1 Cf. Cic. Phil. XII, 9. Stone-cutter's error for ViIIl. Tac. H. lll, 79, 82. Aur. Vict, Caes. 9, 8; Epit. 9, 10. These inscriptions show that the via Flavia, which...