
Tombstone of Lucius Avillus Dionysius, trainer of the Red Team, which is one of the 4 teams that competed in ancient Roman chariot racing. The tombstone contains an epitaph that records his training ability and the results of his two most successful students (translation in the comments) [611×900]
by Fuckoff555
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> Aquilo, ?grandfoal of Aquilo,
> won 130 races,
> placed 88 times,
> and showed 37 times.
> Hirpinus, ?foal of Aquilo,
> won 114 races,
> placed 56 times,
> and showed 36 times.
> To the gods of the afterlife:
> Claudia Helice
> erected this for Lucius Avillus Dionysius,
> trainer of the Red Team,
> her most worthy spouse.
[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/museums/Musei_Capitolini/epitaphs/L.Avillus_Dionysius.html](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/museums/Musei_Capitolini/epitaphs/L.Avillus_Dionysius.html)