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Source A: An inscription from the tombstone of a charioteer
D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
EPAPHRODITVS
AGITATOR F[ACTIONIS] R[VSSATAE]
VIC[IT] CLXXVIII ET
APVD PVRPVREAM [FACTIONEM]
LIBER[TVS] VIC[IT] VIII
BEIA FELICVLA
F[ECIT] CONIVGI SVO
B[ENE] MERENTI
To the spirits of the departed. Epaphroditus, charioteer of the Red faction, won 178 times
and with the Purples as a freedman he won 8 times. Beia Felicula made this for her
well-deserving husband.
ILS 5282, Rome
Source B: Ovid explains his reasons for attending a chariot race
I am not sitting here because I am interested in thoroughbred horses (though I hope that
the one you support will win): I came to talk with you and to sit with you, so that the love
you cause should not be unknown to you. You look at the races, I look at you: let’s each
of us look at what we like and each feast our eyes. O lucky horse rider, whoever it is you
support! So has he had the good luck to interest you? If only I could have that luck, if only
they were my horses released from the gate! Now I shall press on eagerly, now I shall
slacken the reins, now I shall mark their backs with the whip, now I shall graze the turning-
post with my inner wheel: if I catch sight of you as I speed by, I shall slow down, and the
reins will go slack and drop from my hands…
Why do you edge away from me? It’s no good, the seat boundary forces us together – a
great advantage this in the rules of the Circus. But you, whoever you are, on her right, get
away from my girl: she doesn’t like you pressing against her. You too, behind us, pull in
your legs, if you have any manners, and stop digging your knobbly knees into her back.
Ovid, Amores 3.2
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Friday 13 June 2025 – Afternoon
GCSE (9–1) Latin
J282/06 Literature and Culture
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• This document has 8 pages.
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Source A: An inscription from the tombstone of a charioteer
D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
EPAPHRODITVS
AGITATOR F[ACTIONIS] R[VSSATAE]
VIC[IT] CLXXVIII ET
APVD PVRPVREAM [FACTIONEM]
LIBER[TVS] VIC[IT] VIII
BEIA FELICVLA
F[ECIT] CONIVGI SVO
B[ENE] MERENTI
To the spirits of the departed. Epaphroditus, charioteer of the Red faction, won 178 times
and with the Purples as a freedman he won 8 times. Beia Felicula made this for her
well-deserving husband.
ILS 5282, Rome
Source B: Ovid explains his reasons for attending a chariot race
I am not sitting here because I am interested in thoroughbred horses (though I hope that
the one you support will win): I came to talk with you and to sit with you, so that the love
you cause should not be unknown to you. You look at the races, I look at you: let’s each
of us look at what we like and each feast our eyes. O lucky horse rider, whoever it is you
support! So has he had the good luck to interest you? If only I could have that luck, if only
they were my horses released from the gate! Now I shall press on eagerly, now I shall
slacken the reins, now I shall mark their backs with the whip, now I shall graze the turning-
post with my inner wheel: if I catch sight of you as I speed by, I shall slow down, and the
reins will go slack and drop from my hands…
Why do you edge away from me? It’s no good, the seat boundary forces us together – a
great advantage this in the rules of the Circus. But you, whoever you are, on her right, get
away from my girl: she doesn’t like you pressing against her. You too, behind us, pull in
your legs, if you have any manners, and stop digging your knobbly knees into her back.
Ovid, Amores 3.2
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