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Name: Marcus Petronius Classicus
Date:
Now kept:
Publications: V.A.Maxfield, The Military Decorations of the Roman Army (London 1981), plate 10b and text.
Findspot: Not exactly known, but in Illyricum
References: CIL III 4060 = 10869 = AIJ 260
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Inscription

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Inscription: M(arcus) Petronius /
M(arci) f(ilius) Classi/cus Marrucinus /
|(centurio) leg(ionis) VIII Aug(ustae) /
hic est crematus /
ossa relata domi /
P(ublius) frater et con/lega posui[t]
Translation: Marcus Petronius
Son of Marcus Classicus (from) Marrucinus
Centurion of legio VIII Augusta
Here (his) cremated bones lie (from his home town),
Publius, brother and comrade set this up

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Unit: Legio VIII Augusta
Rank: Legionary officer
Now kept: Poetovio
Style: Other
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Comments: Noteworthy for being one of the very few sources that show the cresta transversa on a centurion's helmet (the other well known one being Tiberius Calidius Severus of legio XV Apollinaris).
Photos © Stefan Pop Lazic. Some extra info by Dr.Mike Thomas.

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