A Roman who loved the baths
c. 1st–3rd century · Rome · The end of the second line is cut on the stone only as the initials B V V; the brackets fill them out. The date is not known exactly; it is put here in the early centuries of the Roman Empire, when most such epitaphs were cut.
Baths, wine and love ruin our bodies, but baths, wine and love make life.
Balnea vina Venus corrumpunt corpora nostra,
set vitam faciunt b(alnea) v(ina) V(enus).Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VI 15258 (CIL VI 15258)
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c. 1st–3rd century · Hispania, Roman Empire · The date is not known exactly; it is put here in the early centuries of the Roman Empire, when most such epitaphs were cut.
I lived the way I wanted. Why I died, I do not know.
Vixi, quem ad modum volui; quare mortuus sum, nescio.Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum II 6130 (CIL II 6130)
A nameless Roman drinker
c. 1st–3rd century · Roman Empire · The date is not known exactly; it is put here in the early centuries of the Roman Empire, when most such epitaphs were cut.
While I lived, I drank gladly. Drink, you who are alive!
Dum vixi, bibi libenter. bibite vos, qui vivitis!Bücheler, Carmina Latina Epigraphica 243 (CLE 243)
A tavern customer at Pompeii
1st century · Pompeii, Italy · Romans drank their wine mixed with water, and it was a common complaint that taverns watered it too much. The spelling is as it stands on the wall.
May lies like these trip you up one day, innkeeper: you sell water and drink the pure wine yourself.
Talia te fallant utinam medacia, copo:
tu vedes acuam et bibes ipse merum.Graffito at Pompeii · Diehl, Pompeianische Wandinschriften 636 (CIL IV 3498)
A nameless Roman tenant
c. 1st–3rd century · Roman Empire · The date is not known exactly; it is put here in the early centuries of the Roman Empire, when most such epitaphs were cut.
All that is left of a man, my bones, rest sweetly here. I am not anxious about suddenly going hungry, I am free of gout, I am no longer in pawn for my rent, and I enjoy lodging for ever, free of charge.
Quod superest homini, requiescunt dulciter ossa
nec sum sollicitus ne subito esuriam
et podagram careo nec sum pensionibus arra
et gratis aeterno perfruor hospitio.Bücheler, Carmina Latina Epigraphica 1247 (CLE 1247)
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