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Author: * QuintusCinna Cocceius -
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Date: Oct 25, 2006 - 16:50
CIL 12.626 = CIL 6.331= ILLRP 122
L. Mummi(us) L. f. cos. duct(u)
auspicio imperioque
eius Achaia capt(a) Corinto
deleto Romam redieit
triumphans. ob hasce
res bene gestas quod
in bello voverat
hanc aedem et signu(m)
Herculis Victoris
imperator dedicat.
This was found in 1786 during the demolition of an old wall in one of the gardens adjacent to the Ospedale del Celio. It is an inscription by L. Mummius Achaicus (cos. 146 BC) dedicated to the Temple of Hercules Victor from Achaean war booty, on a slab of peperino measuring 0.55 x 0.60 m.
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Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 1.626
Archaeology, Architecture, and History of the Temple of Hercules Victor
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The historical Temple of Hercules Victor
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John Henry Middleton, The Remain of Ancient Rome, Vol. II. (1892), 191-193
