THE FIRST SIX CENTURIES. 293* 



Mires innocentice ac sapientice puero, Marciano, qui vixit annos 

 IF, et menses IV, dies II. Quiescet (quiescit) in pace. Deposi- 

 tus, pridie Kalendas Decembres, Arheiione et Lolliano Consiilibus. 

 Parentes fecerunt. 



" To Marcianus, a boy of vvonderful innocence and intelligence, who 

 lived four years, and four months, (and) two days. He rests in peace. 

 Bnried on the day before the Calends of December, in the Consulship 

 of Arbetio and Lollianus {i.e. November 30th, 354, a.d.). His parents 

 made this." 



40. 

 CL-MAMERTINO ET EL NEVITTA • CONSS 

 DVLCISSIMO FILIO PETRIO QVI YIXIT • ANN XII 

 M-I-DXV DEP PEID KAL • SEPT • IN PACE 

 EVTYCHES PATER -FECIT 



{E coem. Callisti; De Rossi, n. 153.) 



Claudio Mamei'tino et Flavio Nevitta Consulibus, dulcissimo filio 

 Petrio, qui vixit annos JCII, mensem I, dies XV. Depositus pridie 

 Kalendas Septemh-es in pace. ISutyches patei' fecit. 



" In the Consulship of ClaudiiTS Mamertinus and Flavius Nevitta {i.e. 

 362, A.D.), to his very sweet son, Petrius, who lived twelve years, one 

 month, and fifteen days. Buried the day before the Calends .of Septem- 

 ber {i.e. August 31st), in peace. Eutyches, his father, made this."j 



(/.) To a daughter : — 41. 



TI • CL • MARCIANVS • ET 

 CORNELIA • HILARITAS 

 CORNELIAE • PAVLAE • PAR • 

 FECR • QVAE • VIX • ANN • X • DIEB 

 YIII • DEC • X • KAL AVG • MAX • ET 

 VRB • COS • 



' (E coem. S. Ilermetis ; De Eossi, n. G.) 



Tiberius Claudius Marcianus et Cornelia Hilaritas, Cornelia, 

 PaulcB parentes fecerunt, qucB vixit annis (annos) X, diebus (dies) 

 VIII. Decessit, X^ Kalendas Augusias, Maximo et XJrbano Consulibus. 



" Tiberius Claudius Marcianus and Cornelia Hilaritas, (her) parents, 

 made (this) to Cornelia Paula, who lived ten years, eight days. She 

 departed on the tenth day before the Calends of August, in the Consul- 

 ship of Maximus and Urbanus," (i.e. July 23rd, 234, a.d.) 



1. 1. The use of the three names — Tiberius Claudius Marcianus — 

 deserves special notice. There is no example of this in any Christian 



