Titus Flavius Rufus
Titus Flavius Rufus Răhău, Alba County, Romania | |
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Rank | Centurion |
Unit | Legio XI Claudia |
Titus Flavius Rufus, son of Titus, of the (voting)
After demobilization, he settled as
His tombstone contains engraved the following text:[1]
D(iis) M(anibus)
T(ito) Fl(avio) Rufo vet(erano) leg(ionis)
XI C(laudiae) p(iae) f(idelis) dom(o) Amas(ia) vix(it)
an(nos) LX Iul(ia) Maxima con(iux)
et Fl(avia) Venusta et Maximus
et Rufinus fili(i) p(ro) p(ietate) p(osuerunt) h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
The English translation of this text is:
To the
Spirits of deceased,
Titus Flavius Rufus, veteran of the legion XI Claudia Pia Fidelis (honorary title offered by Roman Emperors to faithful Legions),
born in Amasia, lived 60 years. Wife Iulia Maxima
and children Flavia Venusta and Maximus
and Rufinus - they put this site for devotion.
The tombstone of his wife, Iulia Maxima, was found too, nearby.
Another tombstone exists in Ravenna, Italy, erected by his sister Ulpia and Aelia Secundina. This tombstone contains engraved the following text:[2]
T(ito) Flavio T(iti) f(ilio)
Pup(inia) Rufo
militi coh(ortis) XII urb(anae)
et coh(ortis) IIII pr(aetoriae)
ordinato architec(to)
tesserario in (centuria)
b(eneficiario) praefector(um) praetor(io)
cornicular(io) praef(ecti) anno(nae)
(centurioni) leg(ionis) XIIII Gem(inae) et XI Cl(audiae) et
II Aug(ustae) et VII Gem(inae)
Ulpia pientissima soror et
Aelia Secundina heredes
ex testamento faciend(um) curav(erunt)
The English translation of this text is:
To Titus Flavius Rufus, son of Titus, of the (voting) tribe Pupinia, soldier of the 12th Urban cohort and ordinatus architectus and tesserarius of a centuria in the 4th Praetorian cohort, beneficiarius to the Praetorian Praefects, cornicularius to the Praefectus Annonae, centurio of Legions XIV Gemina, XI Claudia, II Augusta and VII Gemina. Ulpia, his very pious sister and Aelia Secundina, his heirs had this tombstone set up according to his will.