Memorial Tablet
Dublin Core
Title
Memorial Tablet
Subject
MARBLE
Description
The son takes his family name, Gauius, from his mother. Without knowing the father's family name, we cannot say much; but if the father's name was different (probably as it is not a common name) the child is illegitimate. Both the mother and son have Greek cognomina (personal names), which was common amongst the lower classes of Rome. This may indicate ex-slave status for one of both and that the famil was of Eastern mediterranean origin.
Creator
1 AD - 200 AD
Source
On Loan from ANU Classics Museum
Date
Italy
Rome
Identifier
L.14.001
Coverage
Italic
Roman
Imperial
Files
Citation
1 AD - 200 AD, “Memorial Tablet,” RD Milns Antiquities Museum Online Exhibitions, accessed May 7, 2024, https://uqantiquitiesonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/323.