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Name: Rufus Lucilius
Date: 39-44 AD
Now kept: Museum Carnuntinum, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria
Publications: CSIR Österreich I/3, No. 250
Eduard Vorbeck, Militärinschriften aus Carnuntum (2nd edition; Vienna 1980), No. 195
Martin Mosser, Die Steindenkmäler der legio XV Apollinaris (Vienna 2003), p.220.
Findspot: Petronell, Austria (Carnuntum, Pannonia superior)
References: CIL III 13484
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Inscription

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Inscription: Ruf(us) Lucilius /
M(arci) f(ilius) Cam(ilia) Au/
g(usta Bagienorum) mil(es) leg(ionis) XV /
Apol(linaris) ann(orum) XXI /
stip(endiorum) IIII h(ic) s(itus) e(st) /
M(arcus) Lucilius f(ilio) po(suit)
Translation: Rufus Lucilius, son of Marcus, from the voting tribe Camilia, from (the town of) Augusta Bagienorum, soldier of the legio XV Apollinaris, 21 years of age, 4 years of service, lies here. Marcus Lucilius set this up for his son.

Comments

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Unit: Legio XV Apollinaris
Rank: Legionary infantryman
Now kept: Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Style: Full length
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Comments: Only surviving "full-length" portrait of a soldier of this legion.
Transcription and photos © Martin Wieland and Mark Martin.

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