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Name: Lucius Roscius
Date: 39-43 AD
Now kept: Lapidarium of Petronell, Austria
Publications: M.L.Krüger, Die Reliefs des Stadtgebietes von Carnuntum, CSIR Österreich I.3 (Wien 1970), 334;
Eduard Vorbeck, Militärinschriften aus Carnuntum (2nd edition; Vienna 1980), No. 201;
Martin Mosser, Die Steindenkmäler der legio XV Apollinaris (Vienna 2003), p.217.
Findspot: Petronell, Austria (Carnuntum, Pannonia superior)
References: AE 1978, 633
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Inscription

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Inscription: L(ucius) Roscius L(ucii) f(ilius) Pu/
b(lilia) mil(es) leg(ionis) XV Apo(llinaris) /
st(ipendiorum) III an(norum) XXII T(itus) Lucre/
tius fra(ter) de suo pos(uit) /
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) i(u)venis [
Translation: Lucius Roscius, son of Lucius, of the voting tribe Poblilia, soldier of the legio XV Apollinaris, 3 years of service, 22 years of age (lies here). Titus Lucretius, his brother, set this up from his own money. Here lies a young man...

Comments

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Unit: Legio XV Apollinaris
Rank: Legionary infantryman
Now kept: Petronell
Style: Portrait
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Monday, 05 January 2009
Comments: "Brother" in this case means "comrade in the legion". The last surviving line of the inscription is the beginning of a poem for the deceased.
Photos ©, transcription and translation Martin Wieland.

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