A nameless Roman drinker
left words on a gravestone · Roman Empire · c. 1st–3rd century
Known only from one line on a gravestone. Epitaphs speak in the voice of the dead, but whether the words were composed by the dead person, the family or the stonecutter cannot be known.
Posts
c. 1st–3rd century · 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)
1 in 100 Billion · The social network of those who came before us