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Monday, January 06, 2025

No Loitering

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum IV.813 (from Pompeii; my translation):

This isn't a place for idlers: depart, loiterer.

otiosis locus hic non est: discede, morator.

See Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), The Street Altar, in Bedford, The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum (accession number P.637; click once or twice to enlarge):

Michael Gilleland at 12:25 PM

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