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Name: Longinus Sdapeze
Date: 1st C?
Now kept: Colchester Castle Museum (UK)
Publications: A.S.Anderson, Roman Military Tombstones (Aylesbury 1984), p.54.
Findspot: Colchester (Britannia)
References: RIB 201; AE 1928, 156; AE 1929, 34
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Inscription

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Inscription: Longinus Sdapeze /
Matygi duplicarius /
ala prima T(h)racum pago /
Sardi(ca!) anno(rum) XL aeror(um) XV /
heredes exs(!) testam(ento) [f(aciendum)] c(uraverunt) /
h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
Translation: Longinus Sdapeze, son of Matygus, from the town of Sardicaduplicarius of the Ala I Thracum years of age, served 15 (years), lies here. His heirs had (this tombstone) set up by testament.

Comments

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Unit: Alae Thracum
Rank: Auxiliary cavalryman
Now kept: Colchester
Style: Galloping rider
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Monday, 08 February 2010
Comments: Photos © Mark Martin. Photo of reconstruction © Jasper Oorthuys.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

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