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Description: Inscription from one of the gates of the Roman port of Ostia Antica. According to an interpretation by F. Zevi (1998) the latin inscription reads: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS COLONIAE OSTIENSIVM MVROS ET PORTAS DEDIT M. TVLLIVS CICERO CO(n)S(ul) FECIT CVRAVITQUE[?] P. CLODIVS PVLCHER TR(ibunus) PL(ebis) CONSVMMAVIT ET PROBAVIT PORTAM VETVSTATE CORRVPTAM [...] This can be loosely translated as: "The senate of Rome gave Ostia these walls and gates, constructed under the guidance of Consul M. Tullius Cicero, completed by Tribune P. Clodius Pulcher, which had long been ruined."
Title: Ostia gate
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