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Name:
Dannicus
Date:
2nd half, 1st C AD
Now kept:
Cirencester, United Kingdom (Corinium, Britannia )
Publications:
A.S.Anderson, Roman Military Tombstones (Aylesbury 1984), p.56.
Findspot:
Watermoor, Cirencester, United Kingdom
References:
RIB8
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Inscription
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Inscription:
Dannicus eq(u)es alae /
Indian(ae) tur(ma) Albani /
stip(endiorum) XVI cives(!) Raur(icus) /
cur(averunt) Fulvius Natalis it(!) /
Fl[av]ius Bitucus ex testame(nto) /
h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
Translation:
Dannicus, trooper of the Ala Indiana, from the troop of Albanus, served 16 years, from the tribe of the Raurici, lies here. Fulvius Natalis and Flavius Bitucus took care of this according to his testament.
Comments
Item details
Unit:
Ala Indiana
Rank:
Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept:
Cirencester
Style:
Galloping rider
Status:
good images - fair info
Last updated:
Wednesday, 07 January 2009
Comments:
Photos © Cotswold District Council, Corinium Museum , reproduced with permission. Second detailphoto © Dan Diffendale.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.