THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES. 277 



9. 



EPMEIACQKAI 

 AITOPICMHMrE 

 HIAMIAS QVIET 



LITORiyS M VIII 

 DIERXV ^XCESSIT 

 ALBINO II ETMAXI 

 MO COS XIIII KAPBH 



{Smyrnse; Boeckh, Corp. Inscrip. Grxc, n. 3309.) 



*Ep/«tas o Koi AiTopts fx(rivwv)TJ [i7]A*'(cpwv)[t]€. Sermias, gui et 

 Litorius, mensium VIII, dierum JCV, excessit, Albino II et MagciniiQ 

 ConsuUbus, XTV Kalendas Apriles. 



" Hermias, who was also called Litorius, of eight months, fifteen days (of 

 age), departed in the Consulship of Albinus for the second time, and Maximus, 

 on the fourteenth day before the Calends of April," i.e. March 19th, 263, a.d. 



If this be a Christian epitaph, as it probably is, it is more ancient 

 than any of those, not found in Rome, that bear dates. We must read 

 in line 3, HERMIAS; and in line 7, K- APRIL. See De Rossi, p. 15. 



10. 

 (See Plate II, 3.) 



(^E coemet. via Ardeatina; De Rossi, n. 13.) 



(Au)piyXia IlavXa .... a ly€vvrj6-q A(ipr)XLavQ) (to ^) koI 

 KaTiTtoXetVo) (tiTrarots) TcXevra irpb ij KoXavSwv . . . . od i^rjcrev 

 irq hvo (17/xepas) Se/ca Trei/re. 



" Aurelia Paula .... was born in the Consulship of Aurelian for 

 the second time, and Capitolinus (i.e. 274, a.d.) She dies on the eighth 

 day i^fore the Calends of ... . She lived two years fifteen days." 



The date of her death was 277, a.d. 



11. 

 HIC • lACET • MVSCVLA • QUAE ET • GALATEA 

 QVAE VIX • ANN • DVOB • MENS ■ DVOB • ET DXVII 

 DEP • XV • KAL • AVa • GRATIANO AVG-II ET 

 PROBO CONSS'IN PA€E 



(^E coemeterio Lucinse ; De Bossi, n. 224.) 



Hie jacet Muscula, quee et Galatea, quce vixit annts duobiis, mm^ 

 -sihus dtiobus, et diebus XVII. Deposita XV Kalendas Augustat, 

 'Gratiano Augusto II et Probo ConsuUbus, in pace. 



