"280 CHRISTIAN EPITAPHS OF 



I have given Earchhoff's reading and expansion. Corsini read the 

 last line thus : $. As. $. ASC, i.e. Flavii Ariovindi et Flavii Asp- 

 arts, giving the names of the two consuls. De Kossi suggests: $As 

 *AYCTov, i.e. Flavii Fausti, or 490, A.D. 



III. Those in which some Characteristic op the Deceased 



IS Stated. 



16. 

 (See Plate II, 1.) 



(U coemeterio Laurentii ; De Rossi, n 23.) 



StftTrXtKMi ^ KOL Ka\coKu/Aos et.rjcrev err] ta -^{xipa^ Jcy iT€\€VTr}(rsv vpo 

 iy KoX. No)8c)U,^piW ^ava-T<a kol Td\X(a warois. 



" Simplicia, who was also rightly so named, lived eleven years, twenty- 

 three days, died on the thirteenth day before the Calends of November, 

 in the Consulship of Faustus and Gallus," i.e. October 20th, 298, a.d. 



These consuls were Anicius Faustus, for the second time, and Virius 

 -Gallus. See De Kossi, p. 28, and Clinton, Fasti Romani, ii., 194. 



*H KOL, like the Latin qiK^ et, is frequently used to signify " who 

 also was called." Here I have taken KaAwi/v/xos as an adjective, as 

 it has been understood by Montfaucon, Kirchhoff, and De Rossi. 

 The signification is, that her name, Simplicia, was a true indication 

 ■of her habits and manners. 



17. 



INNOCENTISSIMO • PAVLO 



QVI • VIX • M • X • D • XIIII • DEPOSIT • PRID 



NON • DECE • IN PACE • COSTANTIO • III • ET 



COSTATE • II • CONS ■ 



(E coem. Prxteztati; De Rossi, n. 67.) 



Innocentissimo Paulo, qui vixit menses X, dies XIV. Depositus, 

 pridie Nonas Decembres, Constantio III et Costate (Constante) II 

 {Jonsulibus. 



"To the very innocent Paul, who lived ten months, fourteen days. 

 Buried on the day before the Nones of December, in the Consulship of 

 Constantius for the third time, and Constans for the second time," i.e. 

 December 4th, 342, a.d. 



18. 

 (See Plate II, 4.) 



