Ancient legends of Roman history . EXCAVATIONS IN THE FORUM 21 between the Latins and Spurius This document,according to the official annals known to Livy and toDionysius, was drawn up in the year 480 Livywould, therefore, seem to have good reason for declaringthat, on the departure of the Gauls, diligent search wasmade for all the written monuments which the barbarianshad I do not intend to repeat here my observations as to theperfect credibility of this statement; nor do I desire todiscuss whether or not Cicero saw the original monumentsthemselves, and whether t
Ancient legends of Roman history . EXCAVATIONS IN THE FORUM 21 between the Latins and Spurius This document,according to the official annals known to Livy and toDionysius, was drawn up in the year 480 Livywould, therefore, seem to have good reason for declaringthat, on the departure of the Gauls, diligent search wasmade for all the written monuments which the barbarianshad I do not intend to repeat here my observations as to theperfect credibility of this statement; nor do I desire todiscuss whether or not Cicero saw the original monumentsthemselves, and whether they are to be assigned to the. fifth century I deem it essential, however, to bringinto relief the fact that, before resorting to the hypothesisof Studniczka, it is fitting to verify whether the inscriptionof the cippus must necessarily be assigned to the sixthcentury, and whether there be not arguments for maintain-ing that the stele rests upon its original stratum. Toanswer such questions, it is necessary for us to discuss theproblem of the palaeography of the inscription. Ill When we consider the external form and the directionof the writing, the cippus does not present any chrono-logical data helpful to us in our task. For, indeed, wefind this form of monument and this direction of writingthroughout Latium and Magna Graecia in an age far morerecent. The same is true among the Veneti at least aslate as the third century An even later limit is offeredby the two Capuan cippi here presented, which are either 22 ANCIENT LEGENDS OF ROMAN HISTORY of the latter part of the second century or, more probably,of
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