Max; A Flaminibus Dialibus, Qui In Capitolio Sunt, Opem
Implorent, Ad Liberorum Meorum Impietatem Ulciscendam;
Teneanturque Sacerdotes Dei Silvani, Me In Urbem Referre, Et
Sepulchro Me Meo Condere.
Volo quoque vernas qui domi meae sunt,
omnes a praetore urbano liberos, cum matribus dimitti,
singulisque libram argenti puri, et vestem unam dori.
In
Lusitania. In agro VIII. Cal Quintilis, bello viriatino."
I, Gallus Favonius Jocundus, son of P. Favonius, dying in the war
against Viriatus, declare my sons Jocundus and Prudens, by my
wife Quintia Fabia, joint Heirs of my Estate, real and personal;
on condition, however, that they come hither within a time of
five years from this my last will, and transport my remains to
Rome to be deposited in my Sepulchre built in the via latina by
my own order and Direction: and it is my will that neither slave
nor freedman shall be interred with me in the said tomb; that if
any such there be, they shall be removed, and the Roman law
obeyed, in preserving in the antient Form the sepulchre according
to the will of the Testator. If they act otherwise without just
cause, it is my will that the whole estate, which I now bequeathe
to my children, shall be applied to the Reparation of the Temple
of the God Sylvanus, at the foot of Mount Viminalis; and that my
Manes [The Manes were an order of Gods supposed to take
cognisance of such injuries.] I shall implore the assistance of
the Pontifex maximus, and the Flaminisdiales in the Capitol, to
avenge the Impiety of my children; and the priests of Sylvanus
shall engage to bring my remains to Rome and see them decently
deposited in my own Sepulchre.
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