282 CHRISTIAN EPITAPHS OP 



'Ev^aSe KeiT€ (KciTai) Eurcpjn; rj tcov Movawv (ruvTpo<f>o^ /3t(Mra<ra 

 aTrXus /cat otrctajs (oo-wog) ksi afiefjLTmo'i cttI en; le, i^/xtpas Ky8, yLt^i/as y^ 

 *ETcX€T5n/o-ev -rg wpo i KoXavBuiv AcKefippioiv inraTia twv Kvpimv to i 

 Kai TO y. 



" Here lies Euterpe, the companion of the Muses, having lived simply, 

 and piously, and irreproachably, for fifteen years, twenty-two days, three 

 months. She died on the fifth day before the Calends of December, in 

 the Consulship of our Lords, for the tenth time, and for the third time," 

 {i.e. in the Consulship of Constantius, for the tenth time, and Julian, 

 for the third time), i.e. November 27th, 360, a.d. 



The abbreviation, whereby the names of the Emperors, or of the 

 Emperor and the Caesar, were omitted, and merely the numbers of 

 their Consulships stated, is rare in Christian inscriptions. The most 

 obvious example of it in heathen titidi, is — TEE, ET SEMEL 

 COSS, i.e. 202, a.d., in which Severus was Consul for the third 

 time, and Caracalla for the first. 



21. 

 HIC POSITA EST ANIMA DVLCES 

 INNOCA SAPIENS ET PVLCHRA NOMINE 

 QVIRIACE QVE VIXIT • ANNOS • III • M • III • DVIII 

 DP IN PACE IIII • ID • IAN • CONSS • DN • TEVDOSIO • AVG • II 

 ET MEROBAVDE • VC • III ■ 



{In Mus. Lai.; De Eossi, n. 370.) 



Hie posita est anima dulces (dulcis), innoca (innocua), sapiens etj>nl- 

 chra, nomine Quiriace, qucs vixit annos III, menses III, dies VIII. 

 Deposita in pace, IV Idus Januarias, Consulibus Domino Nostra 

 Tendosio (Theodosio) Augusto II et Meroha^ide, Viro Clarissimo, III. 



" Here has been laid a sweet spirit, guileless, wise, and beautiful, by 

 name Quiriace, who lived three years, three months, eight days. Buried, 

 in peace, on the fourth day before the Ides of January, in the Consulship 

 of our Lord Theodosius Augustus, for the second time, and Merobaudes, 

 a most distinguished man, for the third time," i.e. January 10th, 388, a.d. 



The name Quiriace is another form of Cyriace, both being Kvpia/c^ 

 Latinized. 



There is great difficulty as to the junction of Merohaudes with 

 Theodosius, in the second consulship of the latter. The Fasti, laws, 

 and public acts mention, in his place, Cynegius. The best solution, 

 of which I am aware, is that proposed by De Rossi in his note. 



