Wednesday, October 14, 2009

He, Claudius



Translated: Boundary Mark Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (The Emperor Claudius) son of Drusus; high priest, acclaimed emperor in the 9th tribune for the 16th time consul, for the fourth time censor, father of the people of Rome, he extended their city's confines, here marked by the 55th boundary stone. A.D. 49.

No, the translation is not mine; there is a trilingual cribsheet just above. It's all at the corner of Via dei Cartari and Via Del Pellegrino. There's a five-corner intersection there that must hve a name, but I have no idea what it is. And what's this stuff about 49 years after Christ?

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