02-15-2012, 10:45 AM
Quote:I think my personal favourite is an inscription from Egypt that has been variously dated to the Augustan period and the 6th century AD - purely on stylistic grounds.Much the same thing happened with the veteran L. Valerius Aurelius from Gloucester. Everyone saw the 'Aurelius' and assumed he was 3rd century, despite the fact it is a very obvious 1st-century tombstone (paenula, no ring buckle, hair style, legion name etc etc)!
Mike Bishop