Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Epitaph for a Roman Soldier (CLE 537 = CIL 5.5824)
[audio:http://blogs.dickinson.edu/archive/images/epitaph-for-a-roman-soldier.mp3] d. M. L. Comagi Firmi milit(is) leg. II Parth. qui vixit ann. XXVII m. II d. V Parcae te miseris rapuere parent(ibus) urna spectantes livente animo tuae gloriae cursum fletus in perpetuo miserae reliq(uisti) dolore, nec potuit corpus a sodalib(us) tradi sepulchro. me decepisti, nimium horfanam tu reliquist(i) Nigidia Firmina mater infeliciss(ima) filio pientissimo. […]