Marus Agrippa Inscription

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Pantheon is a building in Rome, Italy. Marus Agrippa wrote the inscription in Greek: MAGRIPPA· L· F· COS· TERTIVM· FECIT, which translated into English: M[arcus] Agrippa L[ucii] f[ilius] co[n]s[ul] tertium fecit. This inscription meant “Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, consul for the third time, built it”. This building was burned twice before Hadrian’s accession and was replaced by Hadrian with the present structure and Agrippa’s original inscription. However, the only thing to survive in this temple was the inscription over the portico, which are an important social and political connection to the past. Those letters are special becausethey were used to refer to Agrippa after his death and serving as a remembrance of the men in his generation

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