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A copy of a Roman tombstone found in Chester (Deva Victrix) depicting Caecilius Avitus, an optio in the Legio XX Valeria Victrix. The Latin inscriptions on such tombstones can provide details on several aspects of life in the Roman army including: Age - Through the Latin 'ANNORUM', an age at death is often provided like in modern headstones.
Epitaph on the base of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois. An epitaph (from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios) ' a funeral oration '; from ἐπι-(epi-) ' at, over ' and τάφος (táphos) ' tomb ') [1] [2] is a short text honoring a deceased person.
The early inscriptions are from the Licchavi period, and date from the fifth to the ninth centuries. They number more than 170, and are carved in Sanskrit language and Gupta script. [2] [3] Inscriptions from the 14th century onwards, which are the most numerous, are in Newar language (Nepal Bhasa) and Nepal script. [4]
The Stele of Quintus Aemilius Secundus is a first-century Roman tombstone bearing a notable funerary inscription. [1] It records how the dedicatee served in Roman Syria under Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, who was governor of Syria at the time, and there oversaw a census in the town of Apamea. [2] [3]
Nonetheless, tombstones and epitaphs dedicated to infants were common among freedmen. [94] Of the surviving collection of Roman tombstones, roughly 75 percent were made by and for freedmen and slaves. [95] Regardless of class, tombstones functioned as a symbol of rank and were chiefly popular among those of servile origin. [96]
This inscription is traditionally known as the "Laudatio Turiae," "The Praise of Turia," [3] [4] because its subject was generally identified with Curia, the wife of Quintus Lucretius Vespillo, consul in 19 BC, [5] [6] on the basis of comparison with the histories of Valerius Maximus (6, 7, 2) and Appian (Bell.civ. 4, 44), which report that Turia saved her husband in much the same way ...