01-06-2013, 02:02 AM
Quote::errr: Surely some mistake?
I don't think so... Unless I'm reading this wrong (very possible!):
CIL 03, 01480 / AE 1972, +00467 (Sarmizegetusa):
Sex(tus) Pilonius / Sex(ti) f(ilius) Ste(llatina) Mode/stus Benevento / |(centurio) leg(ionis) IIII F(laviae) F(elicis) III hastatus / post(erior) ann(orum) XXXVII or/dine(m) accepit ex / equite Romano / militavit in leg(ione) / VII C(laudia) P(ia) F(ideli) et VIII Aug(usta) / XI C(laudia) P(ia) F(ideli) I Miner(via) P(ia) F(ideli) / stipendi(i)s centurio/nicis XVIIII / h(ic) s(itus) e(st) s(it) t(ibi) t(erra) l(evis)
Died aged 37, served 19 years, joined the army from the equestrian order... so was an 18-year-old centurion. No?
Nathan Ross