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Name: Vonatorix
Date: 38-68
Now kept: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Germany)
Publications: G.Bauchhenss, Militärische Grabdenkmäler. Germania Inferior. Bonn und Umgebung.CSIR Deutschland III.1 (Bonn 1978), 14.
Findspot: Bonn, Germany (Bonna, Germania Inferior)
References: CIL XIII 8095 = AE 1892, 35 = AE 1893, 35
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Translation: Vonatorix, son of Duco, trooper of the Ala Longiniana, 45 years of age, served 17 (years), lies here.
Inscription: Vonatorix Du/
conis f(ilius) eques ala /
Longiniana an/
norum XLV stipen/
diorum XVII h(ic) s(itus) e(st)

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Unit: Ala Longiniana
Rank: Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept: Bonn
Style: Galloping rider
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Monday, 06 February 2012
Comments: Both the trooper's as his father's name point to a Celtic ancestry.
Photos © Jasper Oorthuys & Jenny Cline.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

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