VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Forum Civile. Excavated 1813.

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VII.8 Pompeii Forum. c.1909. Looking north along the west side.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1945. Looking north along the west side towards the Temple of Jupiter. 

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. c.1909. Looking south along the west side.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Looking south along west side.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Looking south along west side.

 

VII.8.Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Statue bases along the west side of the Forum, looking south.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Statue bases on the west side of the Forum in the north-west corner.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Pedestal base for C. Cuspio Pansae in north-west corner.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Pedestal base for C. Cuspio Pansae.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Pedestal base for statue. This has the Latin inscription -

C . CVSPIO .  C .  F .  F.  PANSAE

PONTIFICI .  II  . VIR . I . D

EX .  D . D . PEC . PVB

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.102)

 

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Another pedestal base for statue. This has the Latin inscription -

C . CVSPIO . C. F. F . PANSAE

II . VIR . I . D. QVART . QVINQ

EX . D . D . PEC . PVB

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.102)

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, this was found in May 1816, it was a brick pedestal clad in marble, near to a travertine column.

It read –

C(aio) Cuspio C(ai) f(ilio) Pansae

Iivir(o) i(ure) d(icundo) quart(um) quinq(uennial)

ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) pec(unia) pub(lica)      [CIL X 790]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.

 (p.114)   PAH III, 7.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010.  

Pedestal base for M. Lucretio Decidian Rufo set up by M Pilonius Rufus in north-west corner.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Pedestal base for statue in north-west corner.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Pedestal base for statue. This has the Latin inscription -

M .  LVCRETIO . DECIDIAN

RVFO . D . V. III . QVINQ

PONTIF . TRIB . MILITVM

A POPVLO . PRAEF . FABR

M . PILONIVS . RVFVS

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p. 101)

 

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, this was found in June 1816, it read –

M(arco) Lucretio Decidian(o)

Rufo d(uum)v(iro) III quinq(uennali)

pontif(ici) trib(uno) militum

a populo praef(ecto) fabr(um)

M(arcus) Pilonius Rufus     [CIL X 788]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.

 (p.114)   PAH III, 7.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Pedestal base for statue in north-west corner.  

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

Marcus Lucretius Decidianus Rufus had a particularly distinguished career.  The inscription on his statue reads –

To Marcus Lucretius Decidianus Rufus, three times duumvir, (once as) quinquennial duumvir, priest, military tribune by popular decree, military aide-de-camp, in accordance with a decree of the decuriones after his death (CIL X 789)

See Berry, J., 2007. The Complete Pompeii. London: Thames & Hudson. (p.133)

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Pedestal base for statue. This has the Latin inscription -

M . LVCRETIO . DECIDIAN

RVFO . II . VIR . III . QVINQ

PONTIF . TRIB . MIL .  A POPVLO

PRAEF . FABR . EX . D . D

POST . MORTEM

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p. 101)

 

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, this was found in June 1816, it read –

M(arco) Lucretio Decidian(o)

Rufo IIvir(o) III quinq(uennali)

pontif(ici) trib(uno) militum a populo

praef(ecto) fabr(um) ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)

post mortem       [CIL X 789]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.

 (p.114)   PAH III, 7.

 

 

 

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