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Caledonia was attended with great difl&culties, yet tlie Emperors were 

 safe— or A.D. 211. 



5. In the Ephemefis Epigraphica,, 1877, Vol. III., pp. 161-163 

 and 203, 204, there are Additamenta to Prof. Mommsen's article on 

 Tesserce Gladiatorim, in Vol. I. of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. 

 From these it appears that there are now* known to exist six examples 

 of the word S2)ectavit in full, viz. : 



(1) DIOOLES (2) PHILOMVSVS PERELI 



VECILI SPECTAVIT 



SPECTAVIT 



A • D • V • K • FEBR. 



(3) PEOTEMVS FALEEI (4) GENTI • PACONI • T • S . 



SPECTAVIT SPECTAVIT 



N -S. 



(5) MENOPIL • ABI • L • S • (6) PAMPHIL • SOCIORW 



SPECTAVIT SPECTAVIT 



C • VAL • M • HER. " 



i.e., (1) Diodes, Vecili (servus), spectavit, a(nte) d{iem) q{uintum} 

 K(alendas) E(ebruarias). (2) Philomusus Pereli (servus), spectavit. 

 (3) Frotemus Faleri (servtcs), spectavit, ^{onis) S{extilihus) or 

 S{eptemhribus). (4) Genti{us) Paconi T{i\i) AS'(ervus), spectavit. 

 (5) Menopil{uB) AM X(ucii) /S'(ervus) sp)ectavit (7(aio) Fa^(ei'io) 

 ilf(arco) irer(ennio) {Consulihus) i.e., A.V.C. 661 = 92 B.C. (6) 

 Pamphil{us) Sociorum (servus) spectavit. In 1863, the most ancient 

 then known was of the date 85 B.C. The only real difl&culty is in 

 SP, which has been expanded by spectatus, spectator or sjiectavit, to 

 which we should now, perhaps, add spectat, or we may regard spectat 

 as an abbreviation of spectator — spectator \_fuit\ being believed to be 

 = spectavit. In the volume of the Canadian Jov/rnal for that year, 

 there is an article by me on the subject. From that article I subjoin 

 extracts, as I cannot but regard the suggestion given there as more 

 probable than any other explanation that I have seen, even including 

 that offered by Prof. Mommsen, and stated at the close of the article 

 in the Ephemeris Epigraphica, Vol. III., p. 163 : 



"In mentem venit Momseno (mihique visum est probari posse) gladiatores 

 rude donates fortasse transiisse ex arena in carcerem, spectandique ius adeptos 

 esse ibi, ubi antea speotabantur. Eius iuris initium memoriaB tradi potuit 

 veluti honesta missio quasdam in tesseris gladiatoriis. Horatii versus sane 

 non obstat huic opinioni." 



* In 1863 there were only two (doubtful) specimens of tesserce giving the word spectavit. 

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