286 CHRISTIAN EPITAPHS OP 



ginia) sua Bictora (Victoria), bene merenti, fecit cmiatrix jaauper- 

 vrum (pauperum) et operaria. 



" The burial of Junianus (took place) on the day before the Ides of 

 April, in the consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus (i.e. April 12th, 341, 

 A.D.), "who lived forty years. He departed, in peace, and (was) a lover 

 of the poor. He lived with his wife fifteen years. To him, well-deserv- 

 ing, his wife Victoria, a lover of the poor, and attentive to her work, 

 made (this) to him well-deserving." 



1. 3. Brginia — Virginia — a wife, who was a maiden when mar- 

 ried. Thus, also, Firginius = Maritus. 1. 4. Operaria = industrious. 

 This praise of a female is found in heathen epitaphs. Thus, lanam 

 fecit, Gruter, 769, 9 ; lanifica, Orelli, 4658 ; and koL cpyans, Boeckh, 

 Corp. Inscrip. Graec, 954. 



29. 

 LIMENIO • ET • CATVLINO • CONSS • III • 

 IDVS • lANVARIAS • DEFVNCTVS • EST 

 EVVODIVS • QVI • VIXIT • ANNOS • LXV 

 MENSES • TRES • ET • DIES • XI • BENEME 

 RENTI-IN PACE FECIT • CONIVX 



(U coem. Prsetextati ; De Rossi, n. 104.) 

 Limenio et Catulino Consulibus, III Idus Januarias, defunctus 



est Evvodius qui vixit annos LXV, menses III, et dies XI. Bene- 



merenti in pace fecit conjux. 



" In the Consulship of Limenius and Catulinus (i.e. 349, a.d.), on the 



third day before the Ides of January (i.e. January 11th), Evodius died, 



who lived sixty-five years, three months, and eleven days. His wife 



made {this) to him, well-deserving, in peace." 



30. 

 FELIX SANCTAE • FIDEI • VOCITVS • IIT IN PACE • 

 CVIVSTANTVS AMOR • ET CARITAS • RETENETVR • AB 



[AMICIS IN AEVO 

 QVI CVM ESSET FVIT SOLACIVS • MISERICORS • OMNIBVS 

 AGRIPPINA FECIT -DVLCISSIMO SVO MARITO [NOTVS- 

 CVM QVEM VIXIT SINE LESIONE ANIMI • ANNOS_ III • 



[ET MX- 

 FVIT IN SAECVLVM quod vixit • annos xxxii • dep • xiii • 



[kAL • sept • VALENTINIANO 

 NP ET VICTORI CONSS 



(E banliea Vaticana; De Rossi, u. 211.) 



