Tombstone of centurion Titus Calidius Severus (Carnuntum, Austria)T(itus) Calidius / P(ublii filius)
Tombstone of centurion Titus Calidius Severus (Carnuntum, Austria)T(itus) Calidius / P(ublii filius) Cam(ilia tribu) Sever(us)/ eq(ues) item optio/ decur(io) coh(ortis) I Alpin(orum) / item (centurio) leg(ionis) XV Apoll(inaris) / annnor(um) LVIII stip(endorium) XXXIIII / h(ic) s(itus) e(est) / Q(uintus) Calidius fratri / posuitDied at the age of 58 after 34 years’ service in Roman army. He started as a cavalryman and was later promoted to the rank of optio/decurio and finally centurion (XV legion Apollinaris). The tombstone was erected by his brother Quintus Calidius (tr. Matthias Kabel) Source: By User:MatthiasKabel (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons -- source link
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