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Ave Fratres,
Found this gravestone in one of our more remote villages. I think the villagers think of it as a cult item, as it is placed in the wall over the village spring. It is damaged but a large part of the text is there. I have several listings of Roman abbreviations but even using those can not make any sense out of this. Not shown in the photo is the DM at the top and two stylized leaves.
This place is well off anyone's idea of a tourist area. I think I am the only gringo that has been there in quite a few years. ..So don't think it is fake, Maybe Roman style and some local language ??
Any ideas??
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I wonder if that is a reference to the VIIIIth legion, or is that XVIIII?
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Alexander vi-
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I suppose it might be a reflection of the greek showing through the romanisation?
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Ave Fratres,
Amazing how simple it looks now that you folks have provided the solution. Thanks for the translation!!! Now I guess the next step will be to find the settlement it came from. If I make any progress will keep all informed.
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Ave Fratres,
Didn't know that we had made it into the CIL . Thats a good thing. The gravestone location is in the first stage of mountains in the direction of Kosovo. View from the village is pretty dramatic, you can look across the valley at the next range of mountains and there is a village in a depression about 3/4 up the mountain. Have not figured out how to get there yet and not too sure which side of the border it is on.
So in a sort of balkan way, I guess the village with the gravestone mounted in the spring counts as a Skopje suburb. In my small part of the Balkans , things get very primitive once you get away from the cities. Once again. Thanks for the assistance!
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