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Monument ID 12
Monument Specific Findspot Note built into a house
Publication Citation BD-VAHD (1) 1878
Date Found or Published 1878
Monument Type stela
Monument Of Seventh Legion yes
Inscription Q(uintus) Baebius Q(uinti) f(ilius) Serg(ia) Conan(is) / miles leg(ionis) VII ann(orum) XXXXV / stip(endiorum) XX h(ic) s(itus) e(st) / quamvis lasse viator rogo ne graveris et / tumulum contempla meum lege et moraris iam / aliquid resciveris dum vixi hilaris iucundus amicis / nunc to[rpen]s iaceo hic o[ssa req]u[ies]cunt mea natus / sum Canonis conditu(s) in Illurico vale et bene / facito vitae dum fatum venit / frater fratri
Translation Here lies Quintus Baebius, son of Quintus, of the Sergia tribe, from the city of Conana, a soldier of the 7th legion, who lived for 45 years and served for 20. Although you are weary, traveller, do not make haste - see now my grave! Read as you pause, and learn something you shall. My life I enjoyed, and by my comrades I was beloved. Now I lay rigid; here my bones rest. Conana is the city of my birth, Illyricum received me for burial. Hail, enjoy your life until your fated time comes. Erected by a brother for a brother.
Translation Source Coopey, edit of Rendić-Miočević 1987
Lower Field Decoration quad-panelled door
Lower Field Detail handles
Portrait no portrait
Frieze floral
Date From 7
Date To 42
Tončinić 2011 Stelae Type Ra
ModernHolding Arheološki muzej u Splitu/Archaeological Museum in Split
HoldingData Inv. No. A 303
MonumentNote has a poem upon it, perhaps composed by one of the supposed products of the 'poets' at Tilurium. See Sanader, Demicheli, Bradač 2013
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Suggested Citation

Ewan Coopey, Brian Ballsun-Stanton. (2024) "Monument 12 from Europe/Croatia/Vojnić/Vojnić (Findspot ID 1)". In Community and Identity in the Roman Seventh Legion. Ewan Coopey, Brian Ballsun-Stanton (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/688fdbab-af4d-43a1-b226-f033a07074d2>

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