Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum

{{short description|Collection of ancient Latin inscriptions}} {{italic title}} [[File:CILII697.JPG|thumb|200px|Inscription II 697 in the CIL: in the wall of a building in Cáceres, Spain.]] The '''''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum''''' ('''''CIL''''') is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. Public and personal inscriptions throw light on all aspects of Roman life and history. The ''Corpus'' continues to be updated in new editions and supplements.

CIL also refers to the organization within the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities responsible for collecting data on and publishing the Latin inscriptions. It was founded in 1853 by Theodor Mommsen and is the first and major organization aiming at a comprehensive survey.

==Aim== The ''CIL'' collects all Latin inscriptions from the whole territory of the Roman Empire, ordering them geographically and systematically. The earlier volumes collected and published authoritative versions of all inscriptions known at the time—most of these had been previously published in a wide range of publications. The descriptions include images of the original inscription if available, drawings showing the letters in their original size and position, and an interpretation reconstructing abbreviations and missing words, along with discussion of issues and problems. The language of the ''CIL'' is Latin.

==Beginnings== In 1847 a committee was created in Berlin to publish an organized collection of Latin inscriptions, which had previously been described piecemeal by hundreds of scholars over the preceding centuries. The leading figure of this committee was Theodor Mommsen (who wrote several of the volumes covering Italy).<ref name="CILhistory">See the CIL site under External links below.</ref> Much of the work involved personal inspections of sites and monuments in an attempt to replicate the original as much as possible. In those cases where a previously cited inscription could no longer be found, the authors tried to get an accurate reading by comparing the versions of the published inscription in the works of previous authors who had seen the original. The first volume appeared in 1863.

==Current status== The ''CIL'' presently consists of 17 volumes in about 70 parts, recording approximately 180,000 inscriptions. Thirteen supplementary volumes have plates and special indices.<ref name="CILhistory"/> The first volume, in two sections, covered the oldest inscriptions, to the end of the Roman Republic; volumes II to XIV are divided geographically, according to the regions where the inscriptions were found. The other volumes cover other topics. Volume XVII, for instance, is entirely devoted to milestones. A volume XVIII is planned, which will contain the ''Carmina Latina Epigraphica'' (Latin verse inscriptions). A two-volume "Index of Numbers", correlating inscription numbers with volume numbers, was published in 2003.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Andreas|editor-last=Fassbender|year=2003|series=CIL Auctarium Series Nova|title=Index Numerorum|volume=Erster Band, Zweiter Band|isbn=3-11-017936-9}}</ref>

The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) continues to update and reprint the ''CIL.''

==Index== List of volumes with the date of first publication.{{Sfn|Cébeillac-Gervasoni|Caldelli|Zevi|2006|pp=30–33}}

'''Main Series:'''

* Vol. I: ''Inscriptiones Latinae antiquissimae ad C. Caesaris mortem'' (1893) * [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/3105431 Vol. II: ''Inscriptiones Hispaniae Latinae''] (1892), [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2102539 Supplementum] * Vol. III: ''Inscriptiones Asiae, provinciarum Europae Graecarum, Illyrici Latinae'' (1873): [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2131773 Pars I], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2103060 Pars II], Supplementum [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/3106321 Pars I], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/3618600 Pars II] * [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2186179 Vol. IV: ''Inscriptiones parietariae Pompeianae, Herculanenses Stabianae''] (1871), Supplementum [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2103685 Pars I], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2186593 Pars II], Pars III, Pars IV * Vol. V: ''Inscriptiones Galliae Cisalpinae Latinae'' (1872), [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2246251 Pars I], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2246924 Pars II] * Vol. VI: ''Inscriptiones Urbis Romae Latinae'' (1876) * [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2287683 Vol. VII: ''Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae''] (1873) * Vol. VIII: ''Inscriptiones Africae Latinae'' (1881) * [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/3110142 Vol. IX: ''Inscriptiones Calabriae, Apuliae, Samnii, Sabinorum, Piceni Latinae''] (1883) * Vol. X: ''Inscriptiones Bruttiorum, Lucaniae, Campaniae, Siciliae, Sardiniae Latinae'' (1883) * Vol. XI: ''Inscriptiones Aemiliae, Etruriae, Umbriae Latinae'' (1888) * [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/3109095 Vol. XII: ''Inscriptiones Galliae Narbonensis Latinae''] (1888) * Vol. XIII: ''Inscriptiones trium Galliarum et Germaniarum Latinae'' (1899), Pars I ([https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2453663 Fasc. 1], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2446532 Fasc. 2]), Pars II ([https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2305349 Fasc. 1], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2346877 Fasc. 2]), Pars III ([https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2446765 Fasc. 1], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2460097 Fasc. 2)], [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2347970 Pars IV], Pars V, [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2347099 Pars VI] * [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2460451 Vol. XIV: ''Inscriptiones Latii veteris Latinae''] (1887) * Vol. XV: ''Inscriptiones Urbis Romae Latinae. Instrumentum domesticum'' (1891), [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2447199 Pars I], Pars II ([https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2347286 Fasc. I]) * [https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2447692 Vol. XVI: ''Diplomata militaria''] (1936) * Vol. XVII: ''Miliaria Imperii Romani'' (1986) '''Auctarium:''' * ''[https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2347799 Priscae Latinitatis monumenta epigraphica]'' (1862) * ''[https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/2447912 Exempla scripturae epigraphicae Latinae a Caesaris dictatoris morte ad aetatem Iustiniani]'' (1885) * ''Inscriptiones Latinae liberae rei publicae'' (1965) * ''Addenda bibliographica praecipue ad CIL'' (1965) * ''CIL XV 8017–8622. Signacula aenea Corporis inscriptionum Latinarum voluminis XV partis II fasciculo II destinata'' (1975) * ''Die griechischen Personennamen in Rom. Ein Namenbuch. Bd. I–III'' (1982) * ''Quibus locis inveniantur additamenta titulorum voluminis VI Corporis inscriptionum Latinarum. Seorsum expressum ex CIL VI 7, 7'' (1986) * ''Inscriptionum lapidariarum Latinarum provinciae Norici usque ad annum MCMLXXXIV repertarum Indices (ILLPRON Indices)'', Fasc. 1 (1986), Fasc. 2 (1987), Fasc. 3 (1987) '''Auctarium''' '''Series Nova:'''

* Vol. 1: ''Index Numerorum. Ein Findbuch zum Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Bd. I–II'' (2003) * Vol. 2: ''Die griechischen Personennamen in Rom. Ein Namenbuch. Bd. I–III. H. Solin. 2., völlig neu bearb. Aufl'' (2003) * Vol. 3: ''Chapeau, Herr Dessau! Zum 150. Geburtstag des Berliner Althistorikers und Epigraphikers. Beiträge eines Kolloquiums und wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz des Jubilars'' (2009) * Vol. 4: ''Öffentlichkeit – Monument – Text. XIV Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae. 27.–31. Augusti MMXII. Akten'' (2014) * Vol. 5: ''Praeneste tra archeologia ed epigrafia'' (2021) * Vol. 6: ''Heinrich Dressels Edition der Amphoren-Aufschriften aus Rom in CIL XV. Wie Wissen entsteht: von der Gelatine ins Buch'' (2022) * Vol. 7: ''Carmina Latina Epigraphica – Developments, Dynamics, Preferences'' (2023) * Vol. 8: ''Studia militaria et epigraphica'' (2024)

== References == {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== *{{Cite book|last1=Cébeillac-Gervasoni|first1=Mireille|title=Épigraphie latine|last2=Caldelli|first2=Maria Letizia|last3=Zevi|first3=Fausto|date=2006|publisher=Armand Colin|isbn=2-200-21774-9|oclc=470566532|author-link1=Mireille Cébeillac-Gervasoni}} == External links == {{Commons}} * {{cite web|title=Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby|url=https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/epi.php?s_sprache=en|language=English|publisher= EDCS |access-date=6 October 2024}} * {{cite web|title=Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum|url=https://cil.bbaw.de/en/homenavigation/the-cil/volumes|publisher=Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities|access-date=13 November 2009}} * {{cite web|title=English translations of selected inscriptions from CIL|url=http://www.attalus.org/docs/cil/index.html|website=attalus.org|access-date=8 October 2012}} *[https://arachne.uni-koeln.de/drupal/?q=en/node/291 Arachne CIL Open Access Project] Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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