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Name: Caius Romanius Capito
Date: 1st C CE
Now kept: Landesmuseum Mainz (Germany)
Publications: W.Selzer, Römische Steindenkmäler. Mainz in Römischer Zeit (Mainz 1988), p.156.
W.Boppert, Militärische Grabdenkmäler aus Mainz und Umgebung CSIR Deutschland II.5 (Mainz 1992), 31.
A.S.Anderson, Roman Military Tombstones (Aylesbury 1984), p.58.
Findspot: Mainz, Germany (Moguntiacum, Germania Superior)
References: CIL XIII 7029
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Inscription

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Inscription: C(aius) Romanius /
eq(ues) alae Norico(rum) /
Cl(audia) Capito /
Celeia an(norum) XL stip(endiorum) XIX /
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) h(eres) ex t(estamento) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
Translation: Caius Romanus Capito, trooper of the Ala Noricorum, from Celeia, of the voting tribe Claudia years of age, 19 years of service, lies here. His heir had (this) built according to his testament.

Comments

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Unit: Ala Noricorum
Rank: Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept: Mainz
Style: Galloping rider
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Comments: One of the best preserved tombstones of this type. The soldier is triumphant on his horse, a fallen barbarian under him, while his servant stands ready in the background with more javelins.
Photos © Jasper Oorthuys.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

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