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Name: Caius Valerius Crispus
Date: 1st C AD
Now kept: Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
Publications: G.Sumner, Roman Army. Wars of the Empire Brassey's History of Uniforms (London 1997), 56
Findspot: Wiesbaden, Germany (Aquae Mattiacorum, Germania Superior)
References: CIL XIII 7574 (4, p 128)
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Inscription: C(aius) Val(erius) C(ai) f(ilius) Berta Men/
enia Crispus mil(es) leg(ionis) VIII /
Aug(ustae) an(norum) XL stip(endiorum) XXI f(rater) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
Translation: Caius Valerius Crispus, son of Caius, from Berta(?), of the voting tribe Menenia, soldier of Legio VIII Augusta years of age, 21 years of service (lies here). His brother had (this tombstone) made.

Comments

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Unit: Legio VIII Augusta
Rank: Legionary infantryman
Now kept: Wiesbaden
Style: Full length
Status: fair images - fair info
Last updated: Wednesday, 07 January 2009
Comments: Drawing © Graham Sumner, reproduced with permission.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

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