This inscription, known as CIL1².614, was found in Alcala de los Gazules (ancient Lascuta) near modern Cádiz in southern Spain. It documents the first use of the title of "imperator".
Lucius AIMILIVS Lucii Filius INPEIRATOR DECREIVIT
VTEI QVEI HASTENSIVM SERVEI
IN TVRRI LASCVTANA…
The Scepsis Inscription: text of a letter in which Antigonus Monophthalmus explains his policy.Between 314 and 311, Antigonus Monophthalmus, the strongest of the generals who were contending for the inheritance of Alexander the Great, fought the Third Diadoch War against…
Temple Inscription: brief inscription from the Temple of Jerusalem, now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum.King Herod the Great rebuilt the Jerusalem temple. It consisted of the sacred building itself, situated on a court ("Court of the Women") that was surrounded…
On the courtyard of the museum of Apamea, there is a special collection of tombstones of Roman legionaries, almost all of them belonging to II Parthica. Many of these stones are of about equal size, and it looks as if…
Troezen Decree: the higly controversial text of a decision by the Athenian popular assembly to evacuate Athens in 480 BCE. In its present form, the text cannot be authentic.
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Woerden Elagabal Inscription: dedication to the Syrian sun god Elagabal, remarkable because it is quite old and was found outside Syria.Elagabal was a Syrian sun god, who was worshipped with rituals that are strongly reminiscent of the Babylonian Akitu festival.…
Tolsum Writing-Tablet or Tabula Tolsummiana: oldest written text from the Netherlands.
Tolsum, writing tablet (front)
In 1914, laborers digging in the "terp"…
Tritantaechmes (Old Persian Ciçantakhma): king of Sagartia (521 BCE).
The Sagartian king Tritantaechmes on the Behistun relief
According to the Behistun inscription,…