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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.
Uniform in nature, the consistent style of these tombstones reflected the orderly, systematic nature of the army itself. [109] Each tombstone stood as a testament to the strength and persistence of the Roman army as well as the individual soldiers. [110] In some unique cases, military tombstones were adorned with sculpture. [111]
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 ...
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]
Roman army; Roman army in Dacia; Roman auxiliaries in Britain; List of Roman auxiliary regiments; Roman infantry tactics; Roman military frontiers and fortifications; Roman military tombstones; Roman shipyard of Stifone (Narni) Roman war dog
The ancient Roman empire began invading modern-day France in the second century B.C., according to Britannia. By 50 B.C., they took control of the region and named it Gaul. Rome’s control over ...
The Tomb of the Roman Soldier, also called the Tomb of the Soldier, is one of the best-preserved tombs in the ancient city of Petra, in what is now Jordan. Although its façade is its most recognizable feature — with three carved figures inset between columns — the tomb complex consists of several different architectural elements with ...
A cross section of the burial pit with a drawing of the urn at the bottom left Photo from the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences