Saturday, August 7, 2021

M/M: A Declaration of Love in Pompeiian Grafitti, CIL IV.1256

 SABINE CALOS, HERMEROS TE AMAT

--CIL IV.1256, found in Pompeii

Beautiful Sabinus, Hermeros loves you!

<Anonymous> CIL

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Name:  ???

Date:  Prior to 79 CE

Works:  ???

 

REGION  1

Region 1: Peninsular Italy; Region 2: Western Europe; Region 3: Western Coast of Africa; Region 4: Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean; Region 5: Greece and the Balkans

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 Little is known about the author of this inscription, but his words were preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. It was found etched into a wall in Pompeii.

 SILVER AGE LATIN

Early Roman Lit: through 2nd c BCE: Republican Rome: through 1st c. BCE; Golden Age: 70 BCE to 18 CE; Silver Age: 18 CE to 150 CE; Age of Conflict: 150 CE - 410 CE; Byzantine and Late Latin: after 410 CE

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