Iguvine Tablets - Content

Content

Tablets I to V present their topic in a concise, matter of fact manner. Tablets VI and VII repeat the same subject of Tablet I in a much more detailed and diluted way, with apparent literary and encomiastic overtones. The content of the tablets is given below in their relative order of antiquity as established by Newman on the authority of Aufrecht and Kirchhoff, order which is identical to that recently indicated by A. Maggiani.

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