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Military tombstones are most commonly from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD; the pre-Marian army used soldiers for specific campaigning periods; such soldiers would return to civilian life after serving in Rome's conflicts. The longer terms of military service instituted in the late 1st century BC provide more numerous examples.
The tombstone is of a type typically used for Roman soldiers, depicting a horseman spearing a foe on the ground with an epitaph below stating the age and service of the deceased, his origins and who placed the tombstone. [2] According to the tombstone, Rufus Sita was a horseman of the Sixth Cohort of Thracians, who died aged 40 after 22 years ...
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]
Tiberius Pantera's tombstone in Bad Kreuznach. Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera (/ p æ n ˈ t ɛr ə /; c. 22 BC – AD 40) was a Roman-Phoenician soldier born in Sidon, whose tombstone was found by railworkers in Bingerbrück, Germany, in 1859.
It honors military and political leaders from Ohio who significantly contributed to the Union during the American Civil War. The monument's name is from an ancient Roman anecdote about the wealthy Cornelia. When asked by her well-dressed friends where her jewelry was, Cornelia left and returned with her sons, saying "These are my jewels!".
The 1,700-year-old structure was similar to a boundary wall. Archaeologists used radar surveys to confirm the structure continued onto the neighboring plot of land but did not excavate the area.
Union (American Civil War) monuments and memorials in Ohio (4 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Ohio" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
Tombstone of Aurelius Diogenes, imaginifer, with inscription D:M:AV(re)LIUS:DIOGENES:IMAGINIFER ("To the spirits of the departed, Aurelius Diogenes, standard bearer"). Grosvenor Museums, Chester, England. The imaginifer was one of the signiferi in a legion of the Roman Empire who carried the imago (the image) of the emperor. [1]