ABSTRACT
This inscription (now lost) appeared on the family tomb of the Clodii, and commemorated the career of Aulus Clodius Flaccus, whose name also appears on the measuring table in the Forum (H64). It places especial emphasis on the games that he gave at the festival in honour of Apollo, each time he held the duumvirate. He was duumvir for the third time in 2/1 BC, with Holconius Rufus as his colleague. Such is the level of detail in describing exactly what performances were put on, that several words in the inscription, for different types of bull-fighters and boxers, are not found elsewhere. Pylades was a famous actor at Rome in the Augustan era, and this may explain why his name is included here. The games described include a whole variety of performers and took place not just in the Amphitheatre, but also in the Forum. This may be partly because of the proximity of the Temple of Apollo to the Forum, but may also reflect the continuation of practices predating the construction of the Amphitheatre. Vitruvius (On Architecture 5.1.1-2) notes that it was usual for gladiatorial fights to be displayed in the fora of Italian towns.
