Inscription Database

Epitaph from Viroconium – Wroxeter (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD019333 (Last Updates: 2020-03-10, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[T(itus) F]laminius T(iti) Pol(lia) Fa[v(entia)] [ ]LAMINIVS T POL FA[ ]
[an]norum XXXXV stip(endiorum) XXII mil(es) leg(ionis) [ ]NORVM XXXXV STIP XXII MIL LEG
[XII]II gem(inae) militavi aq(uilifer) nunc hic s[u]m [ ]II GEM MILITAVI AQ NVNC HIC S[ ]M
[hoc] legite et felices vita plus min[us] e[ste] [ ] LEGITE ET FELICES VITA PLVS MIN[ ] E[ ]
[d]i uva vini et aqua prohibent ubi [ ]I VVA VINI ET AQVA PROHIBENT VBI
Ta[r]tara Ditis vivite dum si[dus] TA[ ]TARA DITIS VIVITE DVM SI[ ]
vitae dat tempus honeste VITAE DAT TEMPVS HONESTE
Chronological Data:
51 AD – 66 AD
Literature:
  • CIL 07, 00154. (B)
  • CLE 0806. (B)
  • AE 1959, 0158. (B)
  • R.P. Wright, JRS 48, 1958, 151, Nr. 5. - AE 1959. (B)
  • RIB 0292; Zeichnung. (B)
  • AE 1995, 0997.
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 26, 1995, 388-389, (b). - AE 1995.
  • M. Henig, Roman sculpture from the North West Midlands CSIR Great Britain 1, 9 (Oxford 2004) 47-48, Nr. 147; Pl. 41, 147.
  • CLEBrit (2. Aufl.) 01.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Viroconium
modern find spot:
Wroxeter
find spot:
modern region:
Shropshire
year of find:
1861
present location:
Shrewsbury, Mus. and Art Gall.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
epitaph
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
stele?
material:
Sandstein
height:
(67) cm
width:
61 cm
depth:
23 cm
decoration:
present

Historical relevant data

military:
present
geography:
present
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Reste zweier Füße. Imperfekte daktylische Hexameter. (B): Zu den leichten Leseabweichungen s. RIB 0292. Z. 3: a(t)q(ue) statt aq(uilifer). Z. 6: Tartara Ditis nur bei CLEBrit (2. Aufl.), ansonsten Tartar(a) aditis.

People

Person 1
Name:
[T. F]laminius T.Pol. Fa[v.]
Praenomen:
T.
Nomen:
Flaminius+
Tribus:
Pollia
Origo:
Faventia+*
gender:
male
Status:
military personnel

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD019333
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2020-03-10 by Cowey
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