Hey guys,
This past Tuesday, I had the pleasure of visiting the ancient towns of Gabii and Praenesti (located, for the most part under modern day Palestrina). Gabii was, in its humble beginnings, a Latium town that had a good relationship with Rome. Praenesti was part of the Latin League which was defeated by the Romans. Praenesti, nevertheless, remained affluent because of its strategical location between the Alban and Lepine Hills. And then, this morning I had the pleasure of going to the National Museum of Roman inscriptions where I was given an assignment to translate a funerary epitaph. Here are the fotos!
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| Altar foundation for the temple of Juno |
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| The Temple of Juno at Gabii |
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| drainage for the temple |
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| The Temple of Juno. It was made with a hexagonal columnade which dominated the front and sides. The walls were built by the stones, lapis gabinus in opus quadratum style (square blocks). The decorations were in terracotta. Furthermore, despite common belief, Juno was a very Latin goddess who was later associated with her Greek counterpart. The temple towards the 4th century specialized as a healing temple. There are votives made out of terracotta in the shape of eyes and ears. |
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| Cellae within the bounds of the sanctuary of the temple |
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| Modern Praenesti (Palestrina) |
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| Recreation of the temple of Fortuna Primigenia on Praenesti. Today, the palazzo Barberini family (now a museum for ancient Praenesti) sits on top of this temple. |
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| The Nile Mosaic that once belong to the temple |
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| The Roman tripartite gods |
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| Remains of the colums of the ancient temple |
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| Barrel vaulted hall of the temple |
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| Corinthian cornices |
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| Coffiers under the barrel vaulted arches |
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| Corinthian column |
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| Piazza and portico remains of the temple before the theater section |
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| The Palazzo Beberini sitting on top of the temple |
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| The temple had an intricate path down to the city |
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| There would have been a spring here at the halfway point |
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| Palestrina |
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| More coffiers |
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| A church in the background. Furthermore, the ramp would have been a half-covered cloister with a barrel vaulted roof. |
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| Pretending to be columns |
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| The lake near Nemi |
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| The Via Appia that led to the temple of Diana at Nemi |
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| A real Roman anchor |
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| Replication of Caligula's boats |
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| Caligula's boat used to occupy this entire room until it was burned in WWII either by the Nazis or Allied forces. Common consensus was that it was the Nazis in retreat. |
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| A plank that survived the fire |
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| The sanctuary of Diana (its not the building but the wall before it) |
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| Column in the sanctuary area that still has its original paint |
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| A wall with original paint |
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| The summer estate of the pope |
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| The National Inscription Museum in Rome |
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| A cat inside the National Inscription Museum... |
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| Large terracotta votives |
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| Natalie... |
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| Inscription on bronze work |
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| a true child foot's imprint |
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| A roman stamp |
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| roman glass |
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| spear heads with messages like "F*** you" |
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| Cursed inscriptions and Natalie |
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| How the body and its possessions were arranged at Osteria dell' Osa |
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| cat bones |
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| bread grain |
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| a human body...duh |
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| Latium huts...here would lie cremated remains |
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| A slave collar |
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| Deborah with our inscription |
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| The inscription is problematic because of the genitive case of "primi". I took it to be a mistake for the dative "primo". My translation is as follows: "To the underworld gods, to Epaphrodito the first, a slave born in his master's house, freed by hand of Agustus, Epaphroditus and Restituta (dedicated this) to their most beloved son (who) lived 18 years 11 months and 22 days" |
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