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| Name: |
Rufus Sita |
| Date: |
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| Publications: |
A.S.Anderson, Roman Military Tombstones (Aylesbury 1984), p.62. |
| Findspot: |
Gloucester / Glevum (Britannia) |
| References: |
RIB 121 |
| Discuss on RAT: |
http://www.roma...wforum.php?f=46 |
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Inscription
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| Inscription: |
Rufus Sita eques c(o)ho(rtis) VI /
T(h)racum ann(orum) XL stip(endiorum) XXII /
heredes exs(!) test(amento) f(aciendum) curave(runt) /
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) |
| Translation: |
Rufus Sita, trooper of Cohors VI Thracum, aged 40, served 22, lies here. His heirs had (this) built according to his testament. |
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Comments
| Item details |
| Unit: |
Cohortes Thracum |
| Rank: |
Auxiliary cavalryman |
| Now kept: |
Gloucester |
| Style: |
Galloping rider |
| Status: |
good images - insufficient info |
| Last updated: |
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
| Comments: |
Cohors VI Thracum seems not to be attested as a cohors equitata (see J.Spaul, Cohors 2, BAR International Series 841 (Oxford 2000), p.380-381), despite the presence of at least two troopers, Rufus and Petronius Disacentus (CIL 1352).
Photos © Robert Vermaat and Christopher Webber.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof. Manfred Clauss. |
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