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Cast of Funerary Monument of Auruncus Furius Philocalus

1st c. AD, Capua.

 

He was a teacher.

 

Qui cum dum haberet clausam in castello anim[u]/lam mortalem ad superos licitum est [f]initam ad diem p[a]rce / pudensque vixit omni tempore / Auruncus era[t] Fu[r]ius erat nomine / magister ludi litterari Philocalus summa quom castitate in / discipulos suos idemque testamenta scripsit cum fide nec / quoiquam pernegavit laesit neminem ita [de]cucurrit vitam / fidus sine metu eius ossa nunc hic sita sunt posita a centuri(i)s

 

Now in Naples National Archaeological Museum.

 

Museum of Roman Civilisation.

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Uploaded on May 7, 2022
Taken on May 1, 2013