ISic000007: Construction of fortification works under Sextus Pompeius by L. Plinius Rufus

Photo J. Prag with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic000007
Language
Latin
Text type
building
Object type
plaque
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text as per Degrassi et al., but with interpuncts and ligatures annotated from autopsy/photograph

Physical description

Support

Description
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Object type
plaque
Material
limestone
Condition
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Dimensions
height: 42 cm, width: 134 cm, depth: 15 cm

Inscription

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Text condition
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Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Lilybaeum
Provenance found
Found during construction work for the Baglio Anselmi

Current location

Place
Marsala, Italy
Repository
Museo archeologico regionale Lilibeo Marsala - Baglio Anselmi
Autopsy
On display.
Map

Date

39—36 BCE (39 BC – 36 BC)
Evidence
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Text type

building

commentary

Cf. Appian, BC 5.98. L. Plinius Rufus subsequently defected to Octavian and seized Messana. The inscription provides important evidence for Sextus Pompeius' nomenclature and offices after 39 BC.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
5/1/2025