https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/8f23150942/Recent content in Cirta on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usFri, 02 Oct 2026 01:07:14 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/a67a113e82/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/a67a113e82/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified</p> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <p>ca. 1853 <!--CIL--></p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>A partially preserved stone plaque, now in the museum at Cirta and originally found nearby, records in passable hexameters an idyllic description of the anonymous author's monument: the little Attic bird [probably mistakenly, for bee] comes often to my tomb and, sated with thyme, leaves dripping honey; here birds sing sweetly to me in verdant grottoes; here the Delian laurel blossoms near my tomb, and grapes hang like gold upon the vines (<em>[saep]e meis tumulis avis Attica parvula venit / et satiata thymo stillantia mella relinquit, / mi volucres hic dulce canent viridantibus antris, / hic viridat tumulis laurus prope Delia nostris / et auro similes pendunt in vitibus [uva]e</em>).</p> <!-- ## Maps <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/numidia/cirta/filename.jpg" alt="" onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> --> <!-- ## Plans <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/numidia/cirta/filename.jpg" alt="" onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> --> <!-- ## Images <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/numidia/cirta/filename.jpg" alt="" onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> --> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li>CIL VIII, 7854 <a href="http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/buchseite/597217" target="_blank">(Arachne)</a></li> <li>CLE 468 <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015066034086&amp;seq=228&amp;q1=468" target="_blank">(HathiTrust)</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=inscriptions">inscriptions</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300028702" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300028702</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=tombs">tombs</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005926" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300005926</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=sepulchral monuments">sepulchral monuments</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005909" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300005909</a>) </li> </ul> <!-- ## Places - (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:</a>) <br> - (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn" title="Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty)">TGN:</a>) <br> -->