Image: Lapida comenciolo

Description: The Inscription of Comentiolus (Lápida de Comenciolo), the principal historical artifact testifying to the presence of the Byzantines in Spain. 6th century. Municipal Archaeological Museum of Cartagena (Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena). It reads: Whoever you may be, you will admire the high sections of the tower and the vestibule of the city, constructed over a double entrance. To the right and left are attached two porches with double arcs to which a convex curved room is superposed. The patrician Comentiolus commissioned its construction, dispatched by the Emperor Maurice against the barbarian enemy. Great for his virtue, master of the soldiers of Spain, thus always Hispania will be indebted for such a director while the poles turn and while the sun surrounds the orb. In the VIII year of the Emperor. Indiction VIII.
Title: Lapida comenciolo
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Author: Nanosanchez
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