Vicarello cup
The club has a Vicarello cup (type 1) that we are looking to get laser-engraved to match the original.
In 1852 the four silver Vicarello cups were found at the baths of Aquae Apollinares in Vicarello, Italy, inside a rock crevice from which the thermal waters issued, along with a deposit consisting of over 5,000 bronze coins (of Greek, Etruscan and Roman origin, including 400 kg of aes rude), 34 vessels (3 of gold, 25 of silver, 6 of bronze) of which 12 were inscribed (including the cups themselves), and various metal objects such as plates, small statues in bronze and other materials. The finds are believed to be votive deposits, consisting of dedications made by the sick who sought a cure at the baths, likely to the protective deity of the location, Apollo.
Dated to the 1st century AD, the Vicarello cups range in height from 9.5–15.3 cm and are shaped like Roman milestones. They are inscribed with an itinerary that goes from Gades (modern Cadiz) in Spain over land to Rome, including all the 104 stopping points along the way and the distances between them, for a total of 1840 Roman miles (2,723.2 km). They seem to bear no relationship to Apollo, and the route on the cups, which includes the Via Flaminia in Italy, does not include Vicarello, instead passing to the east, through Narnia (modern Narni) and Ocriculum (modern Otricoli). One hypothesis is that the cups were dedicated to Apollo as thank offerings by merchants from Gades who had traveled to Rome for business (although it is faster and cheaper to travel to Rome by sea). Perhaps they are copies of an elaborate milestone set up in Cadiz.
In 1852 the four silver Vicarello cups were found at the baths of Aquae Apollinares in Vicarello, Italy, inside a rock crevice from which the thermal waters issued, along with a deposit consisting of over 5,000 bronze coins (of Greek, Etruscan and Roman origin, including 400 kg of aes rude), 34 vessels (3 of gold, 25 of silver, 6 of bronze) of which 12 were inscribed (including the cups themselves), and various metal objects such as plates, small statues in bronze and other materials. The finds are believed to be votive deposits, consisting of dedications made by the sick who sought a cure at the baths, likely to the protective deity of the location, Apollo.
Dated to the 1st century AD, the Vicarello cups range in height from 9.5–15.3 cm and are shaped like Roman milestones. They are inscribed with an itinerary that goes from Gades (modern Cadiz) in Spain over land to Rome, including all the 104 stopping points along the way and the distances between them, for a total of 1840 Roman miles (2,723.2 km). They seem to bear no relationship to Apollo, and the route on the cups, which includes the Via Flaminia in Italy, does not include Vicarello, instead passing to the east, through Narnia (modern Narni) and Ocriculum (modern Otricoli). One hypothesis is that the cups were dedicated to Apollo as thank offerings by merchants from Gades who had traveled to Rome for business (although it is faster and cheaper to travel to Rome by sea). Perhaps they are copies of an elaborate milestone set up in Cadiz.
The Peutinger Map route planner - an alternate route from Gades to Rome according to the Peutinger table.
Itinerarium Gaditanum - details of the Latin inscriptions.
Itinerarium Gaditanum - details of the Latin inscriptions.
