THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES. 281 



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AHnOCEITOYC ©KOKTBAM 



ANNOYCTPiriNTA IN HAKE 



{E coem. Cyriacx ; De fiossi, n. 85.) 



%uiKpa.rq% aeifivqaros <f)iXo .... depositus 6 (/^) Kalendas 

 Octohres Amantio et Albino Consulibus, vixit cmnus (annos) triginta 

 in pace. 



" Socrates, ever to be remembered . . . buried on the ninth day before 

 the Calends of October, in the Consulship of Amantius and Albinus" (i.e. 

 September 23rd, 345, a.d.). He lived thirty years, in peace." 



19. 

 BONOSO BENEMERENTI IN PACE 

 QVI VIXIT ANNISIIMIIIDXX 

 DEP PRID • IDVS • SEPT • POST 

 CONSSAMANTI ET ALBINI 



{Velitris; De Rossi, n. 92.) 



Bonoso bene merenti, in pace, qui vixit annis II, mensibus III, 

 diebus XX. Depositus, pridie Idus Septembres, post consulatum 

 Amantii et Albini. 



"To Bonosus, well -deserving, in peace, who lived two years, three 

 months, twenty days. Buried on the day before the Ides of September 

 {i.e. September 12th), (in the year) after the Consulship of Amantius and 

 Albinus," i.e. 346, a.d. 



1. 1. Bene Merenti. This was a very general characteristic of the 

 deceased, both in heathen and Christian epitaphs. It is frequently 

 contracted thus : B • M • See n. 33. 



20. 

 EN0AAE KEITE 

 EYTEPHH H TON 

 MOYCON CYNTPO«>OC 

 BIfiCACA AHAOC KAI 

 OCEinC KAI AMEM 

 HTOC Em ET IE 

 EIM KB MHN f _ 

 ETEAEYTH HPO E KAA 

 AEKEMB YHATIA 

 TON KY TO I KAI TO T 



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