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Name: Gaius Attius Exoratus
Date: 39-63 AD
Now kept: Museum Carnuntium, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria
Publications: CSIR Österreich I/3, No. 330;
Eduard Vorbeck, Militärinschriften aus Carnuntum (2nd edition; Vienna 1980), No. 161;
Martin Mosser, Die Steindenkmäler der legio XV Apollinaris (Vienna 2003), p.228.
Findspot: Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria (Carnuntum, Pannonia superior)
References: No reference; see CSIR
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Translation: Gaius Attius Exoratus, son of Gaius, of voting tribe Voturia, soldier of the legio XV Apollinaris, 44 years of age, 24 years of service, lies here. Marcus Minicius and the freedman Successus set this up.
Inscription: C(aius) Attius C(aii) f(ilius) /
Voturia Exor/
atus miles leg(ionis) XV /
Apo(llinaris) anno(rum) XXXXIV /
stipend(iorum) XXIIII /
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) /
M(arcus) Minicius et /
Suc(c)es(s)us l(ibertus) posierunt(!)

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Unit: Legio XV Apollinaris
Rank: Legionary infantryman
Now kept: Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Style: Other
Status: good images - good info
Last updated: Saturday, 04 February 2012
Comments: An unusual "rural" scene is illustrated here: a man on top of a cart pulled by two oxen, pursued by a dog; the deceased soldier is depicted at the left side.
Photos ©, transcription and translation Martin Wieland.

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