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gladiator_tombstones FLAMMA SEC VIX AN XXX PVGNA(vi)T XXXIIII VICIT XXI STANS VIIII MIS IIII NAT SYRVS HVI DELICATVS COARMIO MERENTI FECIT CIL 10, 7297 Flamma, a secutor, who lived 30 years. He fought 34 times, 21 times he brought back a victory, 9 times he was recalled; 4 times pardoned. He was Syrian by birth. Delicatus made this [epitaph] for his well deserving colleague at arms. D M VRBICO SECVTORI PRIMO PALO NATION FLORENTIN QVI PVGNAVIT XIII VIXSIT ANN XXII OLYMPIAS FILIA QVEM RELIQVIT MESI V ET FORTVNESIS FILIAE ET LAVRICIA VXSOR MARITO BENEMERENTI CVM QVO VIXSIT ANN VII TE MONEO VT QVIS QVEM VICERIT OCCIDAT COLENT MANES AMATORES IPSIVS CIL 5, 5933 Sacred to the gods of the dead. To Urbicus, Secutor, first palum, Florentine, who fought 13 times. He lived 22 years. Olympias, his five-month-old daughter, and his daughter Fortune(n)sis, and Lauricia his wife makes this for a well-deserving husband, with whom she lived for 7 years. I warned you, that whoever is victorious leaves someone dead! Those who have been loved honor the manes. ALIPVS AN XXX H S E S T T L POSVIT AMAB ILIS DE SVO AMABILIS ANN O XXX NAT GALL H S E S T T L Alipus annorum XXX h(ic) s(itus) e(st). s(it) t(ibi) t(erra) l(evis). posuit Amabilis de suo. Amabilis anno(rum) XXX, nat(ione) Gall(us), h(ic) s(itus) e(st). s(it) t(erra) l(evis). CIL 02, 07, 0354 Alipus, 30 years old, rests here. May the earth rest lightly upon him! Amabilis made this tomb from his earnings. Amabilis from Gaul, 30 years old, rests here. May the earth rest lightly upon him! MVRMILLO AMPLIATVS NATIONE SYRVS PVGN(AVIT) XXXIII ANN(ORVM) XXX T(H)R(AEX) STVDIOSVS FRATER D(E) S(VO) P(OSVIT) H(IC) S(ITVS) E(ST) S(IT) T(IBI) T(ERRA) L(EVIS) CIL 2, 7,356 Ampliatus, Myrmillo, Syrian in origin, who fought 33 times, rests here. He lived 30 years. His brother, the Thracian Studiosus, set up this tomb with his earnings. May the earth rest lightly upon him. [. . .] ARIS[ . . .] VLVS HIS [.]ANI XXII [.]T GRAEC [. . .] XXI [. . .] T L [? Aris[tob]ulus His[p]ani (servus) XXII (victoriarum) [na]t(ione) Graec(us) [ann(orum)] XXI [h(ic) s(itus) e(st) s(it) t(ibi)] t(erra) l(evis) [? CIL 02, 07, 358 Aristobulus, slave of Hispanius, 22 victories, Greek in origin, aged 21 years, rests here. May the earth rest lightly upon him! MVR(MILLO) CERINTHVS NER(ONIANVS) II NAT(IONE) GRAECVS AN(NORVM) XXV ROM(A)E CONJVX BENE MERENTI DE SVO P(OSVIT) TE R(OGO) P(RAETERIENS) D(ICAS) S(IT) T(IBI) T(ERRA) L(EVIS) CIL 2, 7,359 Cerinthus, Myrmillo from the Neronian school, two combats, originally from Greece, died at the age of 25 years at Rome. His wife set up this tomb from his earnings for a well-deserving husband. You who pass by, I would love if it you would say as you leave, “may the earth rest lightly upon you!” ]R[. .] NATION[. . .] TR SAGITTA[.]M[. . .] NATIONE HISPANVS H S S S V T L CONSERVI DE SVO [.]ENE MERENTIB ]R[. . .] nation[e . . .] ; tr(aex) Sagitta [.]M[. . .], natione Hispanus, h(ic) s(iti) s(unt). s(it) v(obis) t(erra) l(evis). conservi de suo [b]ene merentib(us). CIL 02, 07, 364 …and the Thracian Sagitta („the Arrow?), Spanish in origin, rest here. Their fellow slaves set up this tomb from their earnings for two who were well-deserving. HAVE CIMBER ES ET PIETAS EXSOCHO ESSED SODALI [.]NE MERENT[.] [. .]VIT VAL Have ! Cimber essedarius et Pietas Exsocho essedario sodali [be]ne merent[i] [pos]uerunt. Val(e) ! AE 1929, 0110 Hello! Cimber, Essedarius and Pietas (his wife?) established this tomb for Exsochus the Essedarius, a well deserving colleague. Goodbye. D M PVRPVRIO RET GRAE AD CAES L M MOADV OCCI PVG XI B M CON FECER Dis Manibus. Purpurioni retiario Graeco, ad Caesaris ludum magnum, MOADV occidit pugna XI. Bene merenti conservi fecerunt. AE 1960, 0139 To the gods of the dead. To Purpurius, Retiarius, Greek, from the imperial school of gladiators. Killed in his eleventh fight. His fellow slaves established this tomb. He was well-deserving. D M FILEMATIO NA AGRIPPIN QVI VIX ANN XXX RET PV XV AVR APHRODI B M F COI DV AQ LV MAG CAS Dis Manibus. Filematio, natione Agrippinensi, qui vixit annos XXX, retiario, pugnarum XV, Aurelia Aphrodita bene merenti fecit coniugi dulcissimo, ad ludum magnum Caesaris. AE 1960, 0140 To the gods of the dead. To Philematius (“Lover of Kisses”), originally from Cologne, who lived thirty years, Retiarius, 15 combats. This tomb was erected by Aurelia Aphrodita, for a most sweet spouse, who was well- deserving. D M RVTVMANNE RET PVGNARVM XXIII INVICTO VXOR BENE MERENT retiario, pugnarum XXIII, Dis Manibus. Rutumanno invicto, uxor bene merent(i). AE 1991, 0851 To the gods of the dead. For Rutumannus, Retiarius, unbeaten after 23 fights, his wife set this up for a husband who was well-deserving. D M HOMINI PAGANO THELONICO QVENDAM RETIARIO QVI PIETATE POPVLI RVDE LIBERATVS EST XVSTVS AMICVS ET PEPTICIVS SODALIS Dis Manibus. Homini pagano Thelonico, quondam retiario, qui pietate populi rude liberatus est, Xustus amicus et Pepticius sodalis. AE 1934, 0284 To the gods of the dead. To a compatriot, Thelonicus, once a Retiarius, who obtained his plaque of freedom by the will of the people, Xystus his friend and Pepticius his colleague [established this tomb.]