Editor: F.Russo

Text:

PRIMVS SENATVM LEGIT ET COMITI[a instituit M. Iunio Pera M. Aemilio]
BARBVLA COS CIRCVM SEDIT VI[binum bello Punico secundo praesi-]
DIVMQVE HANNIBALIS ET PRAE[fectum eius cepit. Virtute in rebus]
MILITARIBVS PRAECIPVAM GLOR[iam sibi comparavit]
(GABBA 1958)

Translation: “He was the first to choose the senate and establish electoral assemblies during the consulship of M. Iunius Pera and M. Aemilius Barbula. He besieged Vibinum during the second Punic War and captured the garrison of Hannibal along with his prefect. By virtue of his courage in military matters he obtained for himself outstanding glory”. (F.Russo)

Find Spot: Forum of Brundisium

Support: stone (h. 44 x w. 38,5)

Dating: 1^st cent. AD (GABBA 1958)

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