Latest Updates

Showcase
View item Previous Back Next PDF

Main

Item details
Name: Andes
Date: 1st C AD
Now kept: Landesmuseum Mainz (Germany)
Publications: W.Selzer, Römische Steindenkmäler. Mainz in Römischer Zeit (Mainz 1988), p.157.
W.Boppert, Militärische Grabdenkmäler aus Mainz und Umgebung CSIR Deutschland II.5 (Mainz 1992), 35.
Findspot:
References: CIL XIII 7023
Discuss on RAT: http://www.roma...wforum.php?f=46


http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/images/thumbs/imagebase_FirstnameAB_lg_Andes_jpg_thump.jpg http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/images/thumbs/imagebase_FirstnameAB_lg_Andesd1_jpg_thump.jpg http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/images/thumbs/imagebase_FirstnameAB_lg_Andesd2_jpg_thump.jpg http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/images/thumbs/imagebase_FirstnameAB_lg_Andesd3_jpg_thump.jpg http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/images/thumbs/imagebase_FirstnameAB_lg_Andesd4_jpg_thump.jpg http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/images/thumbs/imagebase_FirstnameAB_lg_Andesd5_jpg_thump.jpg 

Inscription

Item details
Inscription: Andes Sex(ti) f(ilius) /
cives Raeti/
io eq(ues) ala(e) /
Claud(iae) an(norum) XXX /
stip(endiorum) V h(ic) s(itus) e(st) h(eres) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
Translation: Andes, son of Sextus, citizen from Raetinium, trooper of Ala Claudia Nova years of age, 5 years of service, lies here. His heir had (this) erected.

Comments

Item details
Unit: Ala Claudia Nova
Rank: Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept: Mainz
Style: Galloping rider
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Friday, 21 November 2008
Comments: Does the musical instrument on the bottom right point to a function as trumpeter in the Ala?
Photos © Martin Wieland.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

Copyright © RomanArmy.com 2000-2006. All Rights Reserved
Christybeall.com