Vat.lat. 3867 81v

    R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

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    Vat.lat. 3867 81r

      R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

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      early 6th c. AD
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      332 x 323 mm
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      Vat.lat. 3867 80v

        R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

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        early 6th c. AD
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        332 x 323 mm
        Location
        Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica
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        Vat.lat. 3867 80r

          R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

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          early 6th c. AD
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          Dimensions
          332 x 323 mm
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          Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica
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          Vat.lat. 3867 79v

            R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

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            early 6th c. AD
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            Dimensions
            332 x 323 mm
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            Vat.lat. 3867 79r

              R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

              Type
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              Date
              early 6th c. AD
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              Dimensions
              332 x 323 mm
              Location
              Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica
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              Vat.lat. 3867 78v

                R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

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                Date
                early 6th c. AD
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                Dimensions
                332 x 323 mm
                Location
                Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica
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                Vat.lat. 3867 78r

                  R: Vaticanus Latinus 3867, the "codex Romanus," also known as the Vergilius Romanus. One of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts, written in the beginning of the sixth century AD in rustic capitals. It has nineteen large miniatures, including a portrait of the author. Its surviving leaves contain most of the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. Its place of origin is disputed, with some scholars believing that is was originally written in Ravenna, others that it derives from Byzantium or elsewhere in the eastern Roman Empire. It is of considerable significance in establishing the text of the Aeneid, though not as important as M (Florentinus Laurentianus XXXIX.1) or P (Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1631) (Conte 2011, ix).

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                  Date
                  early 6th c. AD
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                  Dimensions
                  332 x 323 mm
                  Location
                  Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica
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                  Troy and Environs

                    Troy was situated in a strategically valuable piece of land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. It was the site of the most famous war in Greek and Roman mythology, the Trojan War. It is the place from which Aeneas starts his journey. Aeneas and a group of Trojans leave the city when the Greeks, enemies of the Trojans, finally breech the walls and sack the city after years of siege warfare. Also known as Ilium and Pergamum.


                    Ancient coastline and elevation data supplied by the Ancient World Mapping Center.

                    Comments

                    Aeneid 2.21-22

                    Est in cōnspectū Tenedos, nōtissima fāmā

                    īnsula, dīves opum Priamī dum rēgna manēbant,

                    Aeneid 2.203-205

                    Ecce autem geminī ā Tenedō tranquilla per alta

                    (horrēscō referēns) immēnsīs orbibus anguēs

                    incumbunt pelagō pariterque ad lītora tendunt;

                    Aeneid 2.254-256

                    Et iam Argīva phalānx īnstrūctīs nāvibus ībat

                    ā Tenedō tacitae per amīca silentia lūnae

                    lītora nōta petēns, flammās cum rēgia puppis

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                    Latium

                      Latium as described in Aeneid Book 1, and significant peoples around the region.

                       

                      Ancient coastline and elevation data supplied by the Ancient World Mapping Center.

                      Comments

                      Aeneid 1.1-7

                      Arma virumque canō, Trōiae quī prīmus ab ōrīs

                      Ītaliam fātō profugus Lāvīniaque vēnit

                      lītora, multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō

                      vī superum, saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram,

                      multa quoque et bellō passus, dum conderet urbem5

                      īnferretque deōs Latiō; genus unde Latīnum

                      Albānīque patrēs atque altae moenia Rōmae.

                      Aeneid 1.258-259

                      fāta tibī; cernēs urbem et prōmissa Lavīnī

                      moenia,

                      Aeneid 1.269-271

                      trīgintā magnōs volvendīs mēnsibus orbīs

                      imperiō explēbit, rēgnumque ab sēde Lavīnī

                      trānsferet, et Longam multā vī mūniet Albam.

                      Lavinium:

                      Alba Longa:

                      Roma:

                      Latium:

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                      June 2015
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