Abstract

Seven inscriptions from modern Friuli, written in Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, ms. 1191, c. 56rv, are taken into consideration. They are attributed to a hand (C) identified with the well-known forger Girolamo Asquini, from Udine. I try to explain why two of them (CIL V 1765 e V 1767) are ascribed to Altinum. The first one has some interpolations due to Asquini; therefore, I offer a new reading. Two of the inscriptions ascribed to Zuglio (CIL V 1842 and 1827) are considered forgeries; a third one (CIL V 1829) has spurious interpolations. I try to explain the reason behind all these forgeries and interpolations: the context is that of the old quarrel regarding the localization and administrative status of Forum Iulium, which Asquini thought to be modern Zuglio