Vicarello mug

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The cup of Vicarello - as Itineraria Gaditana known - are ancient votive offerings and contribute an important Itinerarinschrift . They were found in the 19th century.

The distance from Gades to Rome is shown on the silver cups by 106 place names and distances in miles. The beakers are considered to be important evidence of itinerary inscriptions from Roman times. The cups were placed as consecration offerings in the Apollon shrine in Vicarello ( Aquae Apollinares ) near the Lacus Sabatinus in central Italy. The dating is controversial; while Löhberg dates three of the cups to before 337 and the fourth to after 333/337, Florian Mittenhuber dates the cups to the first century AD.

The four similar silver cups may have been made in Spain and donated by a tour group who had made a pilgrimage to Aquae Apollinares. There are not too many such metal vessels among the well-known Roman spring animal finds. In addition to Vicarello, the sanctuaries in Bath / Aquae Sulis and Baden / Aquae Helveticae were apparently given such gifts. Bagni di Vicarello was a seaside resort until modern times and has hot springs near the ruins of the Roman thermal baths. The name Vicarello is derived from "Vicus Aurelii".

The cups are now in the Museo Nazionale Romano in Rome (Inv. Inv. 67497, 67498, 67499, 67500).

Text example

The first of the four cups is labeled:

Itinerarium a Gade Romam

Ad Portum XXIIII
hastam XVI
Ugiam XXVII
Orippum XXIIII
Hispalim VIIII
Carmonem XXII
Obuclam XX
Astigim XV
Ad macaws XII
Cordubam XXIII
Ad XX
Eporam XVII
Uciesem XVIII
Ad Novlas XIII
Castulonem XIX
Ad Morum XXIIII
II solaria XIX
Mariana XX
Mentesam XX
Libisosam XXIIII
Parietinis XXII
Saltigim XVI
Ad Palem XXXII
Ad macaws XXII
Saetabim XXVIII
Sucronem XVI
Valentiam XX
Sagyntum XVI
Ad Novlas XXIIII
Ildum XXII
Intibilim XXIIII
Dertosam XXVII
Sub Saltum XXXVII
Tarraconem XXV
Palfurianam XVI
Antistianam XIII
Ad Fines XVII
Arragonem XX
Semproniana VIIII
Seterras XXIIII
Aquis Vocontis XV
Gerundam XII
Cilnianam XII
Iuncariam XV
In Pyraeneum XVI
Ruscinonem XXV
Combusta VI
Narbonem XXXII
Baeterras XVI
Cesseronem XIII
Forum Domiti XVIII
Sextantionem XV
Ambrussum XV
Nemausum XV
Ugernum XV
Arelata VIIII
Ergnaginum VI
Clanum VIII
Cabellionem XII
Aptam Iuliam XII
Catuiaciam XII
Alaunium XVI
Segusteronem XXIIII
Alabontem XVI
Vappincum XVIII
Caturigomagum XII
Eburodunum XVIII
Ramam XVII
Brigantium XVIII
Druantium XI
Segusionem XXIIII
Ocelum XXVII
Taurinis XX
Quadrata XX
Rigomagum XVI
Cuttias XV
Laumellum XIII
Ticinum XXI
Plambrum XX
Placentiam XVI
Florentiam XV
Parmam XXV
Lepidum Regium XVIII
Mutinam XVII
Bononiam XXV
Claternum X
Forum Corneli XIII
Faventiam X
Forum Livi X
Cesenam XIII
Ariminum XX
Pisaurum XXIIII
Fanum Fortunae VIII
Forum Semproni XVI
Ad Calem XVIII
Hesim XIII
Helvillum X
Nuceriam XV
Mevaniam XIX
Ad Martis XVI
Narniam XVIII
Ocriclo XII
Ad XX XXIIII
Romam XX

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literature

CIL XI, 3281-3284
Ingemar König, Caput mundi. Rome - World City of Antiquity , Darmstadt 2009, p. 35
Arie Dirkzwager, With Metrodor from Cádiz to Rome (Anth. Pal. XIV 121) , in: Rheinisches Museum 134, pp. 162-167 (PDF file; 995 kB)
Anne Kolb, Spatial Perception and Spatial Development through Roman Streets, in: M. Rathmann (Ed.), Perception and recording of geographical spaces in antiquity, Mainz 2007, pp. 168–180.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Gerd Graßhoff, Florian Mitterhuber (Ed.): Investigations on the Patara Stadium. Modeling and analysis of an ancient route network , Bern Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, Bern 2009, ISBN 978-3952342152 , p. 44.
↑ Vera von Falkenstein-Wirth: The source sanctuary of Vicarello (Aquae Apollinares). A place of worship from the Bronze Age to the end of the German Empire: Zabern, Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-8053-4347-3 .
↑ Bernd Löhberg, The "Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti" , Frank & Timme 2006, ISBN 978-3865960856 , p. 5; see the negative review under http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensions/id=8820&type=rezbuecher&sort=date&order=down&search=L%C3%B6hberg
↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen: Studies on the imperial source horse find from Bad Pyrmont , (= supplementary volume to the Reallexikon der Germanic antiquity ), de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3110166002 , p. 245.

[1] Gerd Graßhoff, Florian Mitterhuber (Ed.): Investigations on the Patara Stadium. Modeling and analysis of an ancient route network , Bern Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, Bern 2009, ISBN 978-3952342152 , p. 44.

[2] Vera von Falkenstein-Wirth: The source sanctuary of Vicarello (Aquae Apollinares). A place of worship from the Bronze Age to the end of the German Empire: Zabern, Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-8053-4347-3 .

[3] Bernd Löhberg, The "Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti" , Frank & Timme 2006, ISBN 978-3865960856 , p. 5; see the negative review under http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensions/id=8820&type=rezbuecher&sort=date&order=down&search=L%C3%B6hberg

[4] Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[5] Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen: Studies on the imperial source horse find from Bad Pyrmont , (= supplementary volume to the Reallexikon der Germanic antiquity ), de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3110166002 , p. 245.