Marble architrave with inscription

Unknown

1st century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

The inscription, written in Greek and said to be from Rome, is unusual since most large, public inscriptions from Rome are in Latin. It appears to refer to the Statilii, originally an aristocratic family from Lucania in Southern Italy. Two men called Titus Statilius Taurus (father and son) rose to the consulship in the late first century B.C. as supporters of the emperor Augustus. The purpose and sense of this fragmentary inscription remains unclear. As well as a Titus Sta[tilius], it lists two women with Roman names, Cornelia and Octavia, two men with Greek names, Leonides and Apollonios, and another woman, Gessia.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1926