THE POLLA TABLET
Inscriptiones Latinae Liberae Rei Publicae I, #454: (CIL I2 638)
VIAM FECEI AB REGIO AD CAPVAM ET |
IN EA VIA PONTEIS OMNEIS MILIARIOS |
TABELARIOSQVE POSEIVEI. HINCE SVNT |
NOVCERIAM MEILIA LI, CAPVAM XXCIIII, |
MVRANVM LXXIIII, COSENTIAM CXXIII, |
VALENTIAM CLXXX, AD FRETVM AD |
STATVAM CCXXXI, REGIVM CCXXXVII. |
SUMA AF CAPVA REGIVM MEILIA CCCXXI . |
ET EIDEM PRAETOR IN |
SICILIA FVGITEIVOS ITALICORVM |
CONQVAEISIVEI REDIDEIQVE |
HOMINES DCCCCXVII EIDEMQVE |
PRIMVS FECEI UT DE AGRO POPLICO |
ARATORIBVS CEDERENT PAASTORES. |
FORVM AEDISQUE POPLICAS HEIC FECEI.
I built the road from Rhegium to Capua, and on that road I erected all the bridges, milestones and tabelarii. From here
(Forum Popilii) it is 51 miles to Nuceria, 84 to Capua; [it is] 74 to Muranum, 123 to Cosentia, 180 to Valentia,
231 to the Strait at the statue, 237 to Rhegium. Total from Capua to Rhegium 321 miles.
And likewise,
as Praetor in Sicily, I rounded up the fugitive slaves of the Italians and returned 917 men. Likewise, I was
the first to make the shepherds depart from the Ager Publicus in favor of farmers.
I built the Forum and the public buildings here.
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See:
Arthur E. Gordon, Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy (Berkeley: U. Cal 1983), #12,
pp. 87-89; Plate 8.
