The fruit dealers together with Helvius Vestalis unanimously urge the election of Marcus Holconius Priscus as IIvir with judicial power.
I ask you to elect C. Iulius Polybius
aedile. He gets good bread.
The muleteers urge the election of C. Iulius Polybius as IIvir.
The worshippers of
Proculus,
make Sabinus aedile and he
will do as much for you.
Satia and Petronia support
and ask you to elect M. Casellius and L. Albucius aediles. May we always
have such citizens in our colony!
I ask you to elect Epidius Sabinus
IIvir with judicial power. He is worthy, a defender
of the colonia, and in the opinion of the respected
judge Suedius Clemens and by agreement of the
council, because of his services and uprightness, worthy of the municipality.
Elect him!
I ask you to elect M. Cerrinius Vatia
the aedileship. All the late drinkers support him. Florus and Fructus wrote this.
The petty thieves support Vatia for the aedileship.
I ask you to elect A. Vettius Firmus
aedile. He is worthy of the municipality. I ask you
to elect him, ballplayers. Elect him!
His neighbors urge you to
elect L. Statius Receptus IIvir with judicial power; he is worthy. Aemilius Celer, a neighbor, wrote
this. May you take sick if you maliciously erase this!
Twenty pairs of gladiators of D. Lucretius Satrius Valens, lifetime flamen of Nero son of Caesar Augustus, and ten pairs of
gladiators of D. Lucretius Valens,
his son, will fight at
Aemilius
all alone in the moonlight.
Aemilius
Celer hic habitat.
Market days: Saturday in Pompeii, Sunday in Nuceria,
Monday in Atella, Tuesday in Nola, Wednesday in Cumae, Thursday in Puteoli,
Friday in Rome.
6th: cheese 1, bread 8, oil 3, wine 3
7th: bread 8, oil 5, onions 5, bowl 1, bread for the slave[?] 2, wine 2
8th: bread 8, bread for the slave[?] 4, grits 3
9th: wine for the winner 1 denarius, bread 8, wine 2,
cheese 2
10th:1 denarius, bread 2, for women 8, wheat 1 denarius, cucumber 1, dates 1, incense 1, cheese 2, sausage
1, soft cheese 4, oil 7
Pleasure says: "You can get a drink here for an as [a small coin], a
better drink for two, Falernian for four.
A copper pot is missing from this shop. 65 sesterces
reward if anybody brings it back, 20 sesterces if he
reveals the thief so we can get our property back.
The weaver Successus loves the inkeeper's
slave girl, Iris by name. She doesn't care for him, but he begs her to take
pity on him. Written by his rival. So
long.
Just because you're bursting with envy, don't pick on a handsomer man, a
lady-killer and a gallant.
There's nothing more to say or write. You love Iris, who doesn't care for you.
Take your lewd looks and flirting eyes off another man's wife, and show some
decency on your face!
Anybody in love, come here. I want to break Venus' ribs with a club and cripple
the goddess' loins. If she can pierce my tender breast, why can't I break her
head with a club?
I write at Love's dictation and Cupid's instruction;
But damn it! I don't want to be a god without you.
I am yours for 2 asses cash.
I wonder, O, wall, that you have not fallen in ruins from supporting the
stupidities of so many scribblers.
(from
Lewis and Reinhold, Roman Civilization I
and II –with much variation)