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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TheAfricaTNSY: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [qb] Tombstone of black looking Gessi family. I don't think they were slave like the museum people are saying. I think they were black Romans. [IMG]http://ancientrome.ru/art/artwork/sculp/rom/headstone/sc0041.jpg[/IMG] The tombstone of Gessii. Marble. Ca. 50—20 B.C. Inv. No. 37.100. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts. Description: Roman marble funerary relief of Publius Gessius and his family. Publius Gessius is at the center. On the left: Fausta Gessia, a former slave freed by Publius. Their son, P(ublius) Gessius Primus (also a freed slave) is portrayed on the right. According to the inscriptions, Fausta paid for the tomb out of Publius’s estate. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, inv. 37.100. Dated by the museum: ca. 50—20 B.C. GESSIA P(UBLI) L(IBERTA) FAVSTA•P(UBLIUS) GESSIVS P(UBLI) F(ILIUS) (TRIBU) ROM(ILIA)•P(UBLIUS) GESSIVS P(UBLI) L(IBERTUS) PRIMUS “Fausta Gessia, freedwoman of Publius, Publius Gessius, son of Publius, of the Romilian tribe, Publius Gessius Primus, freedman of Publius.” [/qb][/QUOTE][IMG]http://img.4plebs.org/boards/pol/image/1386/09/1386093883522.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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