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Reference as: MPL01083
Title Poetic inscription for a soldier
Trismegistos-No. 404451

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ILLEEGOPANNONIISQVONDAMNOTISSIMVSORIS
INTERMILLEVIROSPRIMVSFORTISQVEBATAVOS
ADRIANOPOTVIQVIIVDICEVASTAPROFVNDI
AEQVORADANVVIICVNCTISTRANSNARESVBARMIS
5EMISSVMQVEARCVDVMPENDETINAERETELVM
ACREDITEXALIAFIXIFREGIQVESAGITTA
QVEMNEQVEROMANVSPOTVITNECBARBARVSVMQVAM
NONIACVLOMILESNONARCVVINCEREPARTHVS
HICSITVSHOCMEMORISAXOMEAFACTASACRAVI
10VIDERITANNEALIQVISPOSTMEMEAFACTASEQVATVR
EXEMPLOMIHISVMPRIMVSQVITALIAGESSI

Ille ego Pannoniis quondam notissimus oris
inter mille viros primus fortisque Batavos,
(H)adriano potui qui iudice vasta profundi
aequora Danuvii cunctis transnare sub armis;
5emissumque arcu dum pendet in aere telum
ac redit ex alia fixi fregique sagitta
quem neque Romanus potuit nec barbarus umquam
non iaculo miles non arcu vincere Parthus.
Hic situs hoc memori saxo mea facta sacravi
10viderit an ne aliquis post me mea facta sequatur
exemplo mihi sum primus qui talia gessi.

Ille ego Pannoniis quondam notissimus oris
inter mille viros primus fortisque Batavos,
(H)adriano potui qui iudice vasta profundi
aequora Danuvii cunctis transnare sub armis;
emissumque arcu dum pendet in aere telum
ac redit ex alia fixi fregique sagitta
quem neque Romanus potuit nec barbarus umquam
non iaculo miles non arcu vincere Parthus.
Hic situs hoc memori saxo mea facta sacravi
viderit an ne aliquis post me mea facta sequatur
exemplo mihi sum primus qui talia gessi.
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Translation I (was) that man once famous on the Pannonian shores, who, first among a thousand Batavians,—how brave!—under Hadrian’s eyes, could have swum over the wide stream of the deep Danube with all my armament; who, while an arrow shot from my bow was hanging in the air and coming back to earth, split and broke it with another arrow; whom neither a Roman, nor a barbarian soldier with the javelin or a Parthian with the bow could ever surpass. Here I lie, canonizing my deeds with this recording stone. It is up to others to see whether someone after me matches my achievements; I, who first achieved such things, am my own model.
Citation Cenati 2025

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Created 2026-02-04, by Anna Pokorny
Work Status Complete
Import Notice Imported from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg at 2024-07-11T12:27:29, ID there: HD075034
Revisions
  1. by Unknown
    at 2024-07-11 12:27
  2. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2024-07-25 09:04
  3. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-03-31 12:23
  4. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2025-12-02 12:59
  5. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2025-12-02 20:44
  6. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-29 14:08
  7. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-29 14:09
  8. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-01-29 14:10
  9. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-03 11:40
  10. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:31
  11. by Anna Pokorny
    at 2026-02-03 13:35
  12. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-02-04 09:46
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