Praetextatus és Paulina, a halhatatlan szerelmesek
Praetextatus and Paulina, the immortal lovers

Summary/Abstract: The epitaphs of married couples often say that the conjugal love lasts even after death. However, this idea is very rarely associated with the faith in the immortality of the soul, and with the conviction that the deceased lovers will somehow live together in the afterlife. The epitaph of Paulina and her husband, Praetextatus is exceptional from this viewpoint. The poem represents the confession of a Roman pagan couple initiated into every possible mystery, and it can be taken as the witness of an early personalist approach.

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