Dancer From The Dance
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![FUNERARY INSCRIPTION OF EUGENES, C3. CLOISTER OF S. LORENZO FUORI LE MURA
D. M. / EVGENETI MA / RITO BENE ME / RENTI QVI V. A. XXXV ATHEN / VS CONIVNX / FECIT
"To the departed shades. To Eugenes [my] well-deserving husband who lived 35 years. Athenus [his] spouse made [this]." This simple inscription in elegant epigraphy unambiguously commemorates a male couple. The two men were probably Greek with Latinised names (Eugenes transformed into Eugenetus), possibly slaves, and Eugenes was buried in the catacombs of Cyriaca in the tufaceous cliffs along the via Tiburtina, where the deacon Laurentius was buried. As the cliffs were cut away to build a church over the tomb of S. Lorenzo, the catacombs were devastated and many inscriptions from them were preserved in the cloister. This is a rare testimony to the existence of formal same-sex couples in ancient Rome, but the language of the epitaph is clear: "maritus", husband, and "coniunx", spouse.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y2ps7or6drwz3yuvelv6glai/bafkreicksrtr3ds73q6myl2ejhrbufloohoedznlxgi2ln2fbt4wfhslya)
FUNERARY INSCRIPTION OF EUGENES, C3. CLOISTER OF S. LORENZO FUORI LE MURA D. M. / EVGENETI MA / RITO BENE ME / RENTI QVI V. A. XXXV ATHEN / VS CONIVNX / FECIT "To the departed shades. To Eugenes [my] well-deserving husband who lived 35 years. Athenus [his] spouse made [this]." This simple inscription in elegant epigraphy unambiguously commemorates a male couple. The two men were probably Greek with Latinised names (Eugenes transformed into Eugenetus), possibly slaves, and Eugenes was buried in the catacombs of Cyriaca in the tufaceous cliffs along the via Tiburtina, where the deacon Laurentius was buried. As the cliffs were cut away to build a church over the tomb of S. Lorenzo, the catacombs were devastated and many inscriptions from them were preserved in the cloister. This is a rare testimony to the existence of formal same-sex couples in ancient Rome, but the language of the epitaph is clear: "maritus", husband, and "coniunx", spouse.
#EpigraphyTuesday brings us into the peaceful cloister of #SanLorenzofuorileMura in #Rome where we find a simple #epitaph from a man to his husband. #gayhistory #gayclassics #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 @barrytorch.bsky.social @joonasvanhala.bsky.social
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