02-23-2012, 10:22 PM
Quote:Is that a transverse crest?!hock:
Honestly I have never thought of a transverse crest... it seemed to me an approximate way to represent the curly hair.
The text clearly speaks of an Auxiliary soldier ...
Catavigni / Ivomagi f. / milit(is) coh(ortis) / III Britan / norum (centuria) Gesati / vix(it) ann(os) XXV / sti(pendiorum) VI exerci / tus Raetici /Paternus / h(eres) f(aciendum) c(uravit) / comminlitoni / carissimo.
if it is a crest it would be interesting indeed.
I can only think of recycle of the tombstone, but I don't see clear marks…
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SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
