12-31-2011, 07:58 PM
Quote:Alternatively, the sequence ORISCA reminds me of the formula HON]ORIS CA[USA ("out of respect"), but that formula usually occurs towards the end of a tombstone. I have definitely never seen it on the first two lines of an inscription.But can we be sure that we are indeed looking at the very top of the inscription? Perhaps this is where the stone was cut offf (for re-usee?), and we are looking at lines 6-9? Ik like the (Hon)ORIS CA(usa) a lot!
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
