Bodel, J. (2026). "Tomb garden and baths of P. Caecil(ius) Rufus and Valeria." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/20b65d1c15/

Tomb garden and baths of P. Caecil(ius) Rufus and Valeria

Author: John Bodel
Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

late first or early second century CE

Excavation Dates

unspecified

Garden Description

A marble slab found at Puçol (Puzol) near Saguntum, now lost, but originally preserving an epitaph of the late first or early second century set up by P. Caecil(ius) Rufus for himself and his wife Valeria, records that they purchased an area (locus) vaulted over with walls, baths (a notable amenity at a tomb), and gardens and constructed a monument there for themselves and their daughters, to the end that their ashes be mingled with those of their ancestors (se vivis compararunt locum uti est concameratum parietib(us), balneis, hortis; monumentum construxerunt sibi et filiabus donec avitis cineribus immisceantur). For the identification of the couple and the approximate date, see Alföldy in CIL.

Bibliography

  • CIL 2.3960 = 22 14, 599 (Alföldy). (EDCS)
  • H. von Hesberg, "Römische Grabbauten in den hispanischen Provinzen" in W. Trillmich et al., eds., Hispania Antiqua. Denkmäler der Römerzeit (Mainz 1993) XXX; EDH HD026300. (worldcat)

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