Inscriptions: Funerary inscription for two alumni, set up by the praefectus classis Postumius

Identification

Reference as:	MPL00245
Title	Funerary inscription for two alumni, set up by the praefectus classis Postumius
Trismegistos-No.	190651

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Noviodunum
Find Context
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Bucharest, Muzeul Național de Antichități
Inventory number
Current Location Details
Vicinity	[{"coords": [45.2708, 28.492], "id": 245, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/245", "long_id": "MPL00245", "place": "Noviodunum", "text": "[---]-[---]AV[---]iuv[---]a[---] [K]rystallus alum\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for two alumni, set up by the praefectus classis Postumius"}, {"coords": [44.1729, 28.6497], "id": 839, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/839", "long_id": "MPL00839", "place": "Tomis", "text": "D(is) M(anibus). Hic eg\u0323-o qu[i i-][aceo ---]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MPL-RO-069-3-scaled.jpg", "title": "Epitaph from Tomis"}, {"coords": [44.1729, 28.6497], "id": 942, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/942", "long_id": "MPL00942", "place": "Tomis", "text": "Aur(elia) Ianuaria Ian(uari) an(norum) [.] iu-ncta\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://edcs.hist.uzh.ch/bilder/II/IIFDR_00021.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for the sisters Aurelia Ianuaria and Aurelia Domna"}, {"coords": [44.5478, 28.7751], "id": 2309, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2309", "long_id": "MPL02309", "place": "Histria", "text": "\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f08\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03be\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u1f71 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b7\u03bf\u1f76 \u1f20\u03bb\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u1f71\u03bc\u2e22\u03b5\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Meidias (\u039c\u03b5\u03b9\u03b4\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2)"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 2310, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2310", "long_id": "MPL02310", "place": "Tomis", "text": "\u03a3\u03ba\u1f77\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u0394\u03b1\u03ba\u1f75\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b8(\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2), \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f15\u03be, - \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/21079/photos/1", "title": "Funerary stele for Scirtus (\u03a3\u03ba\u1f77\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2)"}, {"coords": [44.0478, 26.6139], "id": 236, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/236", "long_id": "MPL00236", "place": "Transmarisca", "text": "D(is) [M](anibus). Hic ego qui iacior Va[leri\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary stele of Valeria"}, {"coords": [44.1191, 27.2601], "id": 237, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/237", "long_id": "MPL00237", "place": "Durostorum", "text": "------ [aq]uae form[am] [prox]umo com[pito] [l]ap\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription of Valens, centurion of the legio XI Claudia"}, {"coords": [43.45, 27.1333], "id": 238, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/238", "long_id": "MPL00238", "place": "Vojvoda", "text": "------ -[ipse ag]ilem [po]stquam rate[m agens per\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Honorific slab mentioning a Pontic harbour"}, {"coords": [43.5397, 27.8829], "id": 239, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/239", "long_id": "MPL00239", "place": "Plachidol", "text": "------ -[--- mo]enia muros [se]d d(omi)n(u)s mundi\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Late antique building inscription"}, {"coords": [44.2046, 27.7906], "id": 240, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/240", "long_id": "MPL00240", "place": "Sacidava", "text": "-------[---] quaerent-[---legion]um Ad(iutricum) o\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary stele of the centurion Valerius Onesimus"}, {"coords": [44.2046, 27.7906], "id": 242, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/242", "long_id": "MPL00242", "place": "Sacidava", "text": "-------diva Claudia co-niux et Iul(ii) Sev(e)ru(s)\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/21013-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary stele set up by the wife Claudia and the children Iulius Severus, Salvius, Severa and Claudia"}, {"coords": [44.4937, 28.0903], "id": 243, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/243", "long_id": "MPL00243", "place": "Capidava", "text": "Tunc vixi bene, vixi sine nu-lla crimina vix(i). \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary stele of Acrilla"}, {"coords": [45.1431, 28.195], "id": 244, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/244", "long_id": "MPL00244", "place": "Troesmis", "text": "Quisque henc memoriam le-xerit , sit illo semper b\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary verse inscription from Troesmis"}, {"coords": [43.525, 26.5231], "id": 343, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/343", "long_id": "MPL00343", "place": "Abrittus", "text": "------ [---]yir[---] ann[---] [---]NITPIREO tetr\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription from Abrittus"}, {"coords": [43.525, 26.5231], "id": 345, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/345", "long_id": "MPL00345", "place": "Abrittus", "text": "Romulianus p(rae)p(ositus) eqq(uitum) Dalm(atarum)\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://lupa.at/img/20851-2.jpg", "title": "Funerary stele of Romula, daughter of Romulianus and Flavia Maxima"}, {"coords": [43.35, 27.2], "id": 347, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/347", "long_id": "MPL00347", "place": "Novi Pazar", "text": "R(esta) viator et lege Var(ius) Sudicintis milex v\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Varius Sudicenthus"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 838, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/838", "long_id": "MPL00838", "place": "Tomis", "text": "\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u03a4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u1f79\u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u039d\u03bf\u03bd\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 {\u0399} \u03bd\u1f75\u03bc\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u0387 \u039a\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Tomi \u2013 Constan\u0163a (Moesia inferior) - HD017227"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 946, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/946", "long_id": "MPL00946", "place": "Tomis", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069] ordinibus Scythicis cura\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Honorific inscription from Tomi \u2013 Eforie (Moesia inferior) - HD042993"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 1070, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1070", "long_id": "MPL01070", "place": "Tomis", "text": "\u0395\u1f30\u03bd\u03b1\u03c7\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u1f7c\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u1f7d\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd \u1f04\u03c3\u03c4\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f30\u1f79\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u1f79\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Tomi \u2013 Constan\u0163a (Moesia inferior) - HD072052"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 2240, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2240", "long_id": "MPL02240", "place": "Tomis", "text": "D(is) M(anibus) et Perpetuae Securitatis hic [---\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Fig.-1-scaled.png", "title": "Funerary inscription for Aurelius Claudius"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 2261, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2261", "long_id": "MPL02261", "place": "Tomis", "text": "-------LIV[---]-utio centurio semp-er gemens sepul\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Fig.-2-scaled.jpg", "title": "Funerary monument set up by a centurio for his son"}, {"coords": [44.1807, 28.6343], "id": 2262, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2262", "long_id": "MPL02262", "place": "Tomis", "text": "[---]-[---]me fati munus sup-plevit ( vac. ) Pia e\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://mappola.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Fig.-3-scaled.png", "title": "Funerary monument set up by Pia and Daciscus"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 948, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/948", "long_id": "MPL00948", "place": "Callatis", "text": "[\u2066 - - - - - - - - - - \u2069]i sic res [---] [---immo]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Callatis? \u2013 Mangalia? (Moesia inferior) - HD043516"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2266, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2266", "long_id": "MPL02266", "place": "Callatis", "text": "[\u03bc\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd\u03b8\u03ac\u03b4\u0027 \u1f41\u03c1\u1fb7\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03a0]\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03b9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b4\u03cd\u03bf \u03c0\u03b1\u03af[\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd]\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for the sons of Praximenos"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2281, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2281", "long_id": "MPL02281", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u1f29\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03b4\u03b1 \u03c6\u1f77\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd \u03b8\u2019 \u1f31\u03b5\u03c1[\u1f71\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5 \u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd] \u039d\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u1f7c\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for the children Heracleidas and Nikaso"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2290, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2290", "long_id": "MPL02290", "place": "Callatis", "text": "[---\u23d1 \u23d1 ]\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bb\u1f79\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c7[ \u23d1 \u23d1---\u23d1 \u23d1---\u23d1 \u23d1---\u23d1 ] [---\u23d1\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Pleistonassa"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2291, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2291", "long_id": "MPL02291", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u039d\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1. \u03c7\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b5, \u1f29\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03b4\u03b1 \u03b8\u03cd\u03b3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1, \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u03bd\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription from Nikias"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2318, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2318", "long_id": "MPL02318", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u03bc\u1f75 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f00\u03b4\u1f71\u03ba\u03c1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f77\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f79\u03b4\u03b5 \u03c3\u1fb6\u03bc\u03b1 \u03bd\u1f73\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf, [\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019] \u1f10\u03c0\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Nicomedes, son of Theophron"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2319, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2319", "long_id": "MPL02319", "place": "Callatis", "text": "[---]\u039f\u039d\u03a4[---] [---]\u03ba\u03bb\u03b1\u03c0\u03b9[---] [---]\u03c5 ( vac. ) \u03c7\u03b1\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Eleithyia"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2320, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2320", "long_id": "MPL02320", "place": "Callatis", "text": "[\u03b5\u1f37\u03c2 \u03c4]\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bf \u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f30\u1fc7 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03bd\u03c5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1f7b\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd, \u03bd\u03b7\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Apollonius and Menecrates"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2321, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2321", "long_id": "MPL02321", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u2066------\u2069 [---]\u0395\u0323\u0399\u039a\u0391\u0323[---] \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0[\u03b1\u1fd6\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription from Epigene"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2322, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2322", "long_id": "MPL02322", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u2066------\u2069 [---]\u0391\u039b\u0323[---] [---]\u03b9\u1f73\u03c3\u03c9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd\u0323 [---]\u0394\u0395\u0391\u039b (\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription from Callatis"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2323, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2323", "long_id": "MPL02323", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u03b3\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u1f72\u03bd \u0399\u0323\u0399\u0323\u0399\u0323[ \u23d1 \u23d1---\u23d1 \u23d1---\u23d1 \u23d1 \u1f00\u03b8\u03b1-]\u03bd\u1f71\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription about honour"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2324, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2324", "long_id": "MPL02324", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u2066------\u2069 [---]\u039d\u0395[---] [---]\u0399 \u1fec\u03bf\u03c5\u03c6[---] [---]\u03a9\u039d\u03a4\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fragmentary funerary inscription from Callatis"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2325, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2325", "long_id": "MPL02325", "place": "Callatis", "text": "\u2066------\u2069 [---]\u03c3\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u0395\u0399\u0399//[---] [---]\u03b7\u03c4\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 [\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription on limestone from Callatis"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2327, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2327", "long_id": "MPL02327", "place": "Callatis", "text": "[\u0394]\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a0\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd[\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5]. [\u03b4]\u1f73\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03bf \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u1f73\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Dionysios son of Poseidonios"}, {"coords": [43.8172, 28.5828], "id": 2328, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2328", "long_id": "MPL02328", "place": "Callatis", "text": "{anaglyphum} \u03a0\u0323\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u039c\u03b7\u03bd\u03b5\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f00\u03bd\u1f73\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd [\u03c3]\u03c4\u1f75\u03bb\u03b7\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Seiakou"}, {"coords": [45.88, 27.23], "id": 2326, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2326", "long_id": "MPL02326", "place": "M\u0103r\u0103\u0219e\u0219ti", "text": "------ [---]\u0399\u0323\u03a3\u0323\u0399\u0323\u0395\u0323[---] [---]\u0395\u0323 \u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u1f73\u03bf\u03c5[\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd-\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription from M\u0103r\u0103\u0219e\u0219ti"}]

Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	limestone
State of Preservation	incomplete
Dimensions	width: 67.0 cm height: 110.0 cm depth: 12.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	2.3
Letter Size in cm (max)	3.5
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Prose + Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no

Prose Verse Presence	Prose + Verse
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Dactylic hexameter Iambic quaternarius
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

[---]
[---]AV[---]IVV[---]A[---]
[]RYSTALLVSALVMNVS
POSTVMIPRAEFCLASS

APVTFLVEN[]M
5I·E[]IC
ROMANVSINFANSEDITVS
ALVMNVSCASTRISMARI[---]
HIBERAPOSTQVAMVIDERI[]
ETMAVRALONGEMOENIA
10[]ACTAQVIESCITMOESICA
PRIMAEVEPVBISINDIGVS
VTVERNAFLORVMGERMIN[]
VENTOFERVNTVRTHRACIO
vacat

15ACHELOVSALVMNVS
POSTVMIPRAEFC

EXTIMACAPPADOCVMPONTI
QVAIVNGITVRORAEMEGENVIT
TELLVSMOENIASVNTTYAN[]
20HERMOGENESGENITVRNOM[]
[]ACHELOO
[]SEDITVSINGEN
[---]ORMAAHOMINE[---]
IAMGEMITV[---]
25------

[---]-
[---]AV[---]iuv[---]a[---]
[K]rystallus alumnus
Postumi praef(ecti) class(is)

aput fluen[tu]m
5I+e[r]ic(um)
Romanus infans editus
alumnus castris mari[---]
Hibera postquam videri[t]
et Maura longe moenia
10[f]acta quiescit Moesica
primaeve pubis indigus
ut verna florum germin[a]
vento feruntur Thracio
( vac. )

15Achelous alumnus
Postumi praef(ecti) c(lassis)

extima Cappadocum Ponti
qua(e) iungitur orae me genuit
tellus moenia sunt Tyan[ae]
20Hermogenes genitur nom[en]
[mihi erat] Acheloo
[Romanus infan]s editus ingen(io)
[--- f]orma a homine[s ---]
iam gemitu [---]
25------

[---]AV[---]iuv[---]a[--- K]rystallus alumnus Postumi praef(ecti) class(is)

aput fluen[tu]m I+e[r]ic(um)
Romanus infans editus
alumnus castris mari[---]
Hibera postquam videri[t]
et Maura longe moenia
[f]acta quiescit Moesica
primaeve pubis indigus
ut verna florum germin[a]
vento feruntur Thracio ( vac. )

Achelous alumnus Postumi praef(ecti) c(lassis)

extima Cappadocum Ponti qua(e) iungitur orae
me genuit tellus moenia sunt Tyan[ae]
Hermogenes genitur nom[en mihi erat] Acheloo
[Romanus infan]s editus ingen(io) [---]
[f]orma a homine[s ---]
iam gemitu [---] ------

Apparatus

l.4 reg., orig. aput | reg., orig. fluentum
l.11 reg., orig. primaeve

Text follows Cenati, Kruschwitz. Autopsy Cenati, Matei-Popescu 2024.

Main Translation

Translation	Kristallus, foster-son of the admiral Postum(i)us. Born as a Roman infant and a nurseling in the castra by the river [- - -], after seeing the towns of Spain and, from a distance, of Morocco, he rests on the Moesian shore, robbed of his tender youth, as the spring buds of flowers are carried off by the Thracian wind. Acheolous, foster-son of the admiral Postum(i)us. The outer Cappadocian land, where it borders on Pontus, produced me; the city was that of Tyana, my father was Hermogenes, the name Acheolous (was bestowed on me), given birth . . . with humane accomplishments . . .
Citation	Cenati, Kruschwitz (Translation adapted from E. Courtney, Musa Lapidaria)

Other Translations

Prosopographical Information

Name Krystallus
Gender Male
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Role Dedicatee
Name Acheolous
Gender Male
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Role Dedicatee
Name Postumus
Gender Male
Profession Military staff
Romans 1by1 Link http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/10587
Role Dedicator

Name	Krystallus
Gender	Male
Romans 1by1 Link	http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/10588
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Acheolous
Gender	Male
Romans 1by1 Link	http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/10589
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Postumus
Gender	Male
Profession	Military staff
Romans 1by1 Link	http://romans1by1.com/rpeople/10587
Role	Dedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	201 AD
Date (To)	300 AD
Date (Criteria)

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