Folia archeologica 16.

Sándor Soproni: Two Inscribed Relics of the Cohors XIIX voluntariorum c. R

36 S. SOPRONI It was very likely reused in the camp as building stone.

4 Judging from the ornamentation and the broken surfaces, the inscribed fragment carved from limestone was the front of a sarcophagus. In the tabula ansata frame there remained only the last two lines of the inscription (Figs. 9—10). The measurement of the fragment is as follows: height 47 cm., thickness 18 cm., and width 50 cm. The remaining part of the inscription reads as : T(ito) Atilio [ ] coh(ortis) XIIX [vol(untariorum) . . . .] The cognomen and military rank of Titus Atilius whose name appears in the fragment, are unknown and there is a great number of ways to complete them. In the numbering of the cohors the last part of the second ,,X" letter is missing but it is clearly recognizable. Thus it can be completed only as coh(ortis) XIIX [vol(untariorum)]. The names occurring in the inscriptions are quite common among those known in Pannónia and in the neighbourhood. The name of M. Valerius Cleme(n)s also appears in an inscription from Salona

5 but certainly no relation between the two inscriptions is assumed. Several Valerius Clemens are mentioned in the third volume of CIL.

6 Before the wars of Marcus the name Valerius is quite common in Pannónia, along the amber route and expecially in Carnuntum.

7 The cognomen of the person who set the tombstone, or the heir, is less common.

8 According to Mócsy the name Antonius is frequent among those from Italia and those from the East.

9 The nomen Atilius occurring on the sarcophagus fragment is quite frequent in Pannónia.

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0 Its spread is similar to that of Valerius. The nomen Atilius is common in Southern Gallia, Noricum and Dalmatia.

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1 In the inscriptions the places of origin are not given beside the names. It is difficult to draw a conclusion about the origin of Marcus Valerius Cleme(n)s from his name. Valerius Macro, his heir, is probably of Italian origin, while the origin of Titus Atilius . . ., mentioned in the inscription on the sarcophagus fragment, is also impossible to determine. Both inscriptions contain the name of the cohors XIIX voluntariorum civium Romanorum.

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2 Up to the time of Trajan the soldiers of the cohors voluntariorum were recruited from Italy or from among the Roman citizens of the western provin4 Inventory number of the inscription: 62.150.1.Concerning the excavations: S^alayA., A dunabogdányi római castellumról. (The Roman Fortress at Dunabogdány.) AH io(Bp 1933). 6 CIL III 2572. 6 E. g., CIL III 633 II 4, 5., 6179 2, 13., 8110 II 22., 14433.; 6787 (С. Valerius Clemens); 6162 (P. Valerius Clemes); 143

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s (C. Valerius Clemen); Concerning the figure of Clemes see also CIL III 6oio

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5, 12012 30, 12397. ' Mócsy Л., Die Bevölkerung von Pannonién bis zu den Markomannenkriegen. (Bp. 1959) 160. 4 An Alexandrian inscription contains . . . stiusMacro (CIL III 6580 I 23.). 9 Mócsy A., op. cit. 151. 1

0 CIL III index and Mócsy A., loc. cit. 1

1 Mócsy A., loc. cit. 1

2 According to the military diplomas and CIL III 8162 (=6302)=Dessau 2606. The full name of the cohcrs contains c. R.