THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES. 28T 



Felix, sanctce Jidei, vocitus (vocatus) iit in pace, cujus tantus 

 amor et caritas retenetur (retinetur) ab amicis : in cevo qui cum 

 esset fuit solacius, misericors, omnibus notus. Agrippina fecit dul' 

 cissimo suo marifo, cum quem (quo) vixit sine lesione (Isesione) 

 anitni annos III et menses X. Fuit in sceculum (sseculo), quoeP 

 (quoad) vixit, annos XXXII. Depositus, XIII Kalendas Sep- 

 tembres, Valentiniano, Nobilissimo puero, et Victori (Victore) Co«~ 

 sulibus. 



" Felix, of sacred honor, (when) called (away) went in peace, whose 

 love and affection are so warmly cherished by his friends : who, wheit 

 he was in life, was known to all for sympathy with the afflicted, and com- 

 passion towards the distressed. Agrippina made (this) to her very sweet 

 husband, Avith whom she lived, without jarring, three years and tett 

 months. He was in this world, whilst he lived, thirty-two years. Buried 

 on the thirteenth day before the Calends of September, in the Consulship 

 of Valentinianus, the most noble boy, and Victor," i.e. August 20th. 

 369, A.D. * 



1. 1. Sanctce Jidei. Literally "holy faith," but the meaning seems 

 to be "of sacred honor," "of strict integrity." Vocitus for vocatus,, 

 as probitus, rogitus. 1. 5. Sine Icesione animi. Northcote, "Roman 

 Catacombs," p. 137, seems to regard such statements of conjugal 

 harmony, as peculiar • to Christian inscriptions ; but this eulogy is 

 often found in heathen epitaphs, both from husbands to wives, and 

 vice versa. Other forms of it are sine querela, sine jurgio, sine 

 dissidio. Hence, Kenrick, " Roman Sepulchral Inscriptions," p. 

 42, justly remarks : " The married life of the Romans appears to 

 have been remarkably free from domestic differences." 1. 7. Nobil- 

 issimo puero. Nobilissimus was the term applied to the Ccesar front 

 the time of Commodus and Severus ; but, in the fourth century^, 

 it was extended in its use. 



31. 



MIRE • SAPIENTIAE 



AVGENDO QVI VIXIT 



ANN PLVS MIN-LXXII 



CVM VXORE FECIT 



ANN XXX DEPOSITVS 



XVI KAL OCTOB DN GRA 



TIANO AVGII ET PROBO CON 



{Neapoli, in Mus. Borbon. ; De KosBJ, n. 225^.]^! 

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