Military funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Second century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

Bibliography

[...], 3 whence [...] 2002.1648, [...] 52.1843; [...], 1907, whence [...] 2006.1649, mentioned [...] 2007.564 .

Λούκιος Φούφιος Σέκονδος ὀετράνος λεγιῶνος α Εἰταλικῆς ἐτῶν ξ

Apparatus

Lucius Fufius Secundus, veteran of Legion Prima Italica, aged 60.

Lucius Fufius Secundus, vétéran de la legio I Italica, âgé de 60 ans.

L(oukios) Phouphios Sekondos L(ucius) Fufius Secundus, veteran of Legion Prima Italica, aged 60.

Commentary

The Legio I Italica has no known connection with Cyrenaica; either Fufius was a native Cyrenaean who had returned home after service or he belonged to the 3,000 veterans sent to the Cyrenaica by Trajan after the Jewish revolt of 115-117 CE; this contingent must have been drawn from several legions, and may have included men from the Danubian Legio I Italica. Dobias-Lalou (loc.cit.) points out that τηε transliterations of the Latin terms used here - ὀέτρανος and Φούφιος - may suggest a relatively early date after the formation of the legion in 66 CE.