Roman Epitaph B 397

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

 B 397

Rapta sinu matris iacet hic miserabilis infans
[Here lies the young baby daughter taken from the arms of her mother,]

ante novem plenos lunae quam viveret orbes.
[before she could live to the full stages of the moon.]

hanc pater et mater maesti flevere iacentem
[Her grieving father and mother weep for her, who lies here,]

parvaque marmoreo clauserunt membra sepulchro.
[And they sealed her tiny limbs in this marble tomb.]

Roman Epitaphs B 244

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

B 244

Quod edi bibi,
[Whatever I ate and drank,]

mecum habeo,
[I have at my side,]

 quod reliqui, perdidi.
[whatever I left behind, I lost.]
 

Roman Epitaphs B 243

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

B 243

Dum vixi, bibi libenter.
[While I was alive, I drank to my delight.]

 bibite vos, qui vivitis!
[So, all you still alive, drink!]
 

Roman Epitaphs B 204

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

B 204

Si pro virtute et animo fortunam habuissem,
[If I had wealth instead of my good traits and intelligence,]

magnificum monumentum hic aedifica<vi>ssem tibi.
[I would have built a magnificent monument for you here.]

Nunc, quoniam omnes mortui idem sapimus, satis est.
[But now, since we know that the dead are equals, it is enough.]

Roman Epitaphs B 190

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]



B 190

Adeste amici,
[Come forth, my friends,]

 fruamur tempus bonum,
[let's enjoy a good time,]

epulemur laeti,
[let's dine happily,]

vita dum parva manet,
[while our short life yet remains,]

Baccho madentes, hilaris sit concordia.
[soaking ourselves in Wine, let there be merry harmony.]

eadem fecerunt hi cuncti dum viverent,
[All these men did the every same things, when they were alive,]

dederunt acceperunt,
[they gave, and received,]

dum essent, fruniti sunt.
[while they existed, they were enjoyed.]

et nos antiquorum emitemur tempora.
[and let us too let the world know about the ages of our ancestors.]

vive dum vivis,
[live, while you have the chance to live,]

 nec quidquam denegaveris
animo indulgere,
[and don't refuse to indulge your mind in anything,]

 quem commodavit deus.
[which god makes a comfort for us.]

Roman Epitaphs B 154

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

B 154

Dolens et maerens filieis fecit sueis.
[A man, sorrowful and in grief, built this for his children.]

Roman Epitaphs B 153

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

B 153

Monumentum maerens mater fecit feiliae,
[A mother made this monument for her daughter,]

quae nunquam laesit matre[m
[a girl who never did a thing to hurt her mother.]
 

Roman Epitaphs B 129

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

 B 129

Quod quisque vestrum mortuo optarit mihi,
[Whatever anyone of you should wish for me, now dead,]

id illi eveniat semper vivo et mortuo.
[let this come to pass for him both in life and in death.]
B 151

Mi fili, mater rogat ut me ad te recipias.
[My son, your mother asks that you receive my body besides yours.]

Roman Epitaphs B 83

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

 B 83

Homo es:
[You are a man:]

resiste et tumulum contempla meum.
[stand back and ponder upon my tomb.]

iuenis tetendi ut haberem quod uterer.
[it belongs to an honorable young man that I've grown accustomed to hold.]

iniuriam feci nulli,
[he did no harm to anyone,]

officia feci pluribus.
[and he did good deeds for very many.]

bene vive, propera,
[Live well, and run along,]

 hoc est veniundum tibi.
[and this same fate will undoubtedly come to you.]

Roman Epitaph B 53

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]

B 53

Rogat ut resistas, hospes, te hic tacitus lapis,
[This silent gravestone here asks that you stand still, traveller,]

dum ostendit quod mandavit,
[while it shows you what its assignment is,]

 quoius umbram tegit.
[that is, whose ghost it covers.]

pudentis hominis frugi cum magna fide,
[lt belongs it a man who dealt in grain with a great sense of loyalty,]

praeconis Oli Grani sunt ossa heic sita.
[the bones of the crier Olus Granus have been placed here.]

tantum est.
[So that's it.]

hoc voluit nescius ne esses.
[So he wished that you not leave unaware of this.]

 vale.
[Farewell.]

Roman Epitaph B 52

Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, near Quarto Miglio [photo: Wikipedia, Appian Way]
B 52

Hospes, quod deico paullum est, asta ac pellege.
[Traveller, because I speak only a little, stand here and read it through.]

Heic est sepulcrum hau pulcrum pulcrai feminae.
[This is the not very beautiful tombstone of a beautiful woman.]

Nomen parentes nominarunt Claudiam
[Her parents named her Claudia.]
.
Suom mareitum corde deilexit souo.
[She brought joy to her husband's heart.]

Gnatos duos creauit.
[She gave birth to two children.]

Horum alterum
in terra linquit,
[She leaves behind only one of these among the living,]

 alium sub terra locat.
[she places the other beneath the ground.]

Sermone lepido, tum autem incessu commodo.
[She had a charming way of speaking, although incessant, it was still a pleasure.]

Domum servavit.
[She served her house.]

 Lanam fecit.
[She made the clothing.]

Dixi.
[So I spoke.]

 Abei.
[Now go away.]