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Salvete,
At the RAT congress in Nijmegen Maarten Dolmans showed a picture of an umbo with the inscription of a capsarius.
I'd like to find a picture of that umbo.
Can anyone post or email me the picture of the capsarius umbo, please?
Vale,
Jef
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I don't have an image, but you can find a sketch of this umbo in:
Klumbach, H., Drei römische Schildbuckel aus Mainz, in: Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums 13, 1966, pp. 165-189.
Hope that helps
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Salvete,
Thanks to Uwe I know how the inscription looked like.
It is: VERI CAPSARI LEGIONIS
I was wondering what 'VERI' means in this context.
Also, can someone tell me if the capsarius was the member of a unit of field medics or if he was attached to a certain unit. From this inscription I'd think that there was a seperate unit of field medics in a legion.
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Maybe the name of Ver(us) or Ver(ax) in the familiar way you would address a friend?