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Name: Quintus Septimius Niger
Date: 77-82 AD
Now kept: Lapidarium of Petronell, Austria
Publications: CSIR Österreich I/4, No. 379;
Eduard Vorbeck, Militärinschriften aus Carnuntum (2nd edition; Vienna 1980), No. 204;
Martin Mosser, Die Steindenkmäler der legio XV Apollinaris (Vienna 2003), p.205.
Findspot: Petronell, Austria (Carnuntum, Pannonia superior)
References: AE 1937, 174
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Inscription

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Inscription: Q(uintus) Septi/
mius Q(uinti) f(ilius) Ni/
ger Co(llina) Antio(chia) /
mil(es) l(egionis) XV Ap(ollinaris) an(norum) /
XXLV stip(endiorum) XI /
h(ic) s(itus) e(st) h(eres) p(osuit)/
l(ibertatis) p(ileus)
Translation: Quintus Septimius Niger, son of Quintus, of the voting tribe Collina, from (the city of) Antiochia, soldier of Legio XV Apollinaris, 35 years of age, served 11 years, lies here. His heir set (this tombstone) up. Cap of a freedman.

Comments

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Unit: Legio XV Apollinaris
Rank: Legionary infantryman
Now kept: Petronell
Style: Other
Status: good images - fair info
Last updated: Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Comments: The pileus probably stands for the liberation of a Roman citizen from hostile slavery. The tools depicted are a pickaxe (dolabra), a basket used by soldiers when entrenching (cofinus), and a short-handled axe (ascia).
Photos © Mark Martin and Martin Wieland.
Transcription and translation Martin Wieland.

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