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View of an aquaduct remnant in modern Rome with the water course visible at the top.

The Augustan aquaduct inscription reads "Imp Caesar Divi Iuli F Augustus Pontifex Maximus Cos XII Tribunic Potestat XIX Imp XIIII rivos aquarum omnium refecit." Since there are many standard abbreviations in this inscription, a list of their full text and meaning follows.

  • Imp=Imperator (commander)
  • F=filius (son)
  • Cos=Consul
  • XII=twelve times
  • Tribunic Potestat=tribunicia potestate (with tribunician power)
  • XIX=ninteen times
  • Imp=Imperator (victorious in battle)
  • XIIII=fourteen times
    •  In translation it reads "Commander Caesar Augustus, son of the Divine Julius, high priest, consul twelve times, with tribunicial power ninteen times, victorious in battle fourteen times, rebuilt the water courses of all the aquaducts."

    The grammatical structure involves