C(aio) Minucio Aeterio Sen(iori), industrio viro, / cunctus populus civitatis Foropopiliensium / laboribus tuis patriae nostrae genetalis indicat / maiorem honorem, dignus curiae et populi / (5) patronus, filios primos in ordine nepotes / diem magistratu(s) OSIVRIVEN iam accepisti; / tibi digno patrono cunctus populus, una cum / liberis nostris, statuam loco celeberrimo / patriae nostrae ponendam censuerunt / [---]. |
To Caius Minucius Aeterius the Elder, industrious man; the entire people (populus) of the city of the Foropopilienses declares a major honour for your labours, native of our city; [you are] worthy of the council and patron of the people; you have already accepted that first your sons, then in turn your grandsons [will assume] the day of [their] magistracy; to you, worthy patron, the entire people, together with our children, decided that a statue should be set up in the most splendid location of our fatherland. (transl. U. Gehn) |