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Name: Lucius Plotidius Vitalis
Date: End of first/beginning of second century AD
Now kept: Museum Carnuntium, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria
Publications: M.L.Krüger, Die Reliefs des Stadtgebietes von Carnuntum, CSIR Österreich I.3 (Wien 1970), 318;
Eduard Vorbeck, Militärinschriften aus Carnuntum (2nd edition; Vienna 1980), No. 200;
Martin Mosser, Die Steindenkmäler der legio XV Apollinaris (Vienna 2003), p.223.
Findspot: Petronell, Austria (Carnuntum, Pannonia superior)
References: AE 1954, 119
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Translation: Lucius Plotidius Vitalis, son of Lucius, of the voting tribe Lemonia, from (the town of) Bononia [=Bologna, Italy], soldier of Legio XV Apollinaris years of age, served 23 years, lies here. Annia Maxima set this up for her dearest husband. Mason's tools: short-handled axe, square.
Inscription: L(ucius) Plotidius L(uci) f(ilius) /
Lemonia Vitalis do/
mo Bononia /
miles leg(ionis) XV Apoll(inaris) /
ann(orum) L stip(endiorum) XXIII h(ic) s(itus) e(st) /
Annia Maxima /
viro suo cariss/
imo posuit structo/
ria asciam norma/
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Unit: Legio XV Apollinaris
Rank: Legionary infantryman
Now kept: Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Style: Half figure
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Monday, 06 February 2012
Comments: Comment: The mentioning of the mason's tools refers to the depictions at the bottom of the stone.
Photos © Mark Martin and Martin Wieland. Transcription and translation by Martin Wieland.

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