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Bellum Samnitium
#1
Avete!

I wish to see you this inscription (it's in Italian Museum)

[Image: 1883943939_4c02950c5f_o.jpg]

What do you think?

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Rita Lotti
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#2
Nice, which museum is it in?
Caius Fabius Maior
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#3
It's apparently CIL 06, 01318 = CIL 01, p 192 = CIL 11, *00156,04, which means it was considered false by the editor of CIL 11, and it certainly seems strange to me on first glance.

Bello Samnitium / cum auspicii repe/tendi caussa Romam / redisset atque inte/rim Q(uintus) Fabius Amb[ust(i) f(ilius)] / Maximus mag[ister] / equitum iniu[ssu] / [eiu]s proelio c[onflixisset
as per http://www.yorku.ca/uhistory/courses/41 ... aput_i.htm

I can't think of any parallels for filiation by cognomen rather than praenomen; the Q. Fabius Maximus (Rullianus) who was Master of Horse in the Samnite war was the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus, so it ought to read "M(arci) F(ilius) [...]/"

Anyhow, the orthography makes it impossible that the inscription is contemporary with the man.
Dan Diffendale
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#4
Confusedhock:
Dan, would you mean me that this inscription it's a false????

I have photographed this stone in a museum, where I think there are authentic archaeological finds. So can you confirm that this inscription is false?
Please explain me better

for Fabius: Museum of Parma

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Rita Lotti
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#5
Quote:Confusedhock:
Dan, would you mean me that this inscription it's a false????
I'm not Dan, but I am not surprised; my first impression, before I had read everything, also was surprise. And yes, the Italians -ancient and modern- have been capable of making intrigueing falsifications. :? //www.livius.org/sh-si/sicily/sicily_t23.html:2zkjytbs]This one[/url] is ancient.) I can not judge the stone, as I have never seen it before, but it may indeed be of contested authenticity.
Jona Lendering
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#6
What's even more interesting about the inscription Jona refers to is that it shows that apparently the Romans themselves believed the story reported by Polybios that Rome never had a fleet before the first Punic war.
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Jasper Oorthuys
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