The mother of Silvanus
mother · Roman Empire · c. 1st–3rd century
A mother who outlived her son Lucius Octavius Silvanus and had two lines cut on his gravestone. Her name is not recorded.
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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.
Lucius Octavius Silvanus, rest well. Your mother begs you to take her to you. Farewell.
L. Octavi Silvane, bene quiescas. mater tua rogat te ut se ad te recipias. vale.Carmina Latina Epigraphica, supplement, 1892 (CLE 1892)
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