Imperial Nuptials at Pompeii: CIL IV.1261, an Obscene Take on the Marriage of Nero and Pythagoras

IF 0.1 3区历史学 0 CLASSICS

CLASSICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1353/tcj.2023.a914589

D. M. Possanza

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Abstract:Among Pompeian wall inscriptions CIL IV.1261 is well known for its brisk obscenities and problems of text and interpretation. According to the text as it is currently printed, the graffito is generally understood to make a political statement of some kind about the mistreatment of the Roman citizen body; in what circumstances and by whom the collective of ciues Romani has been mistreated cannot be determined from the evidence of the graffito. In this paper, I present a revised text of the graffito, and I argue that the phrase ciuium Romanorum cunnus refers not to the Roman citizen body but to the emperor Nero and that the scene described in the text is the earliest extant testimony to an event that took place in 64 CE and was witnessed by persons unknown, Nero's marriage as bride to his freedman Pythagoras.

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庞贝的帝国婚礼：CIL IV.1261，尼禄与毕达哥拉斯婚姻的淫秽故事

摘要：在庞培墙壁铭文中，CIL IV.1261 以其明快的淫秽文字以及文本和解释问题而闻名。根据目前印制的文本，人们普遍认为这幅壁画是在发表某种关于罗马公民身体受到虐待的政治声明；根据壁画的证据，无法确定罗马公民集体在何种情况下受到虐待，以及受到谁的虐待。在本文中，我提出了该墓志铭的修订文本，并认为 ciuium Romanorum cunnus 一词不是指罗马公民团体，而是指尼禄皇帝，而且文本中描述的场景是公元 64 年发生的事件的最早现存证据，该事件由未知人士见证，即尼禄作为新娘与他的自由人毕达哥拉斯结婚。

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