11-16-2012, 09:46 PM
Did the Romans name the streets in their cities? I knew major roads like the Via Appia were named after their creators, but I didn't expect normal city streets had names. But then I came across this inscription found in Ephesus (emphasis mine):
I don't know what to make of "Branchiane." Does that sound like a personal name?
Quote:Reservations on columns in the area of the latrines in the Vedius bath-gymnasium.
(a) Of the bankers, three spaces.
(b) Of the hemp-workers from the Servilius stoa.
© Of the astiopolist (meaning unknown) wool-dealers.
(d) Of those from Branchiane street.
(e) Of the linen-weavers.
(f) Of the guild of basket-makers (?).
Reservations in the Latrine of the Vedius Gymnasium
I don't know what to make of "Branchiane." Does that sound like a personal name?
David J. Cord
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