https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/c6ab20cdc9/Recent content in Olisipo on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:55:33 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/f92895fc7d/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/f92895fc7d/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <p>1735</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>An inscription found immured in the corner of a house near Lisbon around 1735 records the epitaph of a standard bearer (<em>aquilifer</em>) of the second legion, [.] Flavius M. f. Quadratus, of the Galeria tribe, who made for himself a tomb monument with, it seems, a 'circumvallation' and a pavilion (<em>cum munitioni[bus], tric[le]a[e]</em>). Although no tomb garden is mentioned explicitly, the reference to a pavilion points to the presence of one; by 'circumvallation' (<em>munitiones</em>) Quadratus evidently means the perimeter wall that regularly enclosed tomb gardens.</p> <!-- ## Maps --> <!-- ## Plans --> <!-- ## Images --> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li><em>CIL</em> 2.266 <a href="https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/monument/05500276" target="_blank">(EDCS)</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <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> </ul> <!-- ## Places -->