CHRISTIAN EPITAPHS OF 



75. 



HIC QVIESCIT GAVDIOSA CF ANCILLA DEI QVAE 

 VIXIT ANNVS XL ET MEN Yj^ DBP • X • KAL • OOTOB • 

 CALLEPIO VC CON/ 



(In 8. Pauli; De Rossi, n. V39.)' 



Hie quiescit Gaudiosa, Clarissima Femina, ancilla Dei^ quae vixU 

 annus (annos) XL et menses V. Deposita, X Kalendas Odobres, 

 Callepio, Viro Clarissimo, Consule. 



" Here rests Gaudiosa, a most distinguished woman, a hand-maid of God, who 

 lived forty years and five months. Buried on the tenth day before the Calends 

 of October, in the Consulship of Callepius, a most distinguished man," i. e. 

 September 22nd, 447, a. d. 



VI. Those in which there is Mention op or KErERENCB 

 TO THE Place of Burial. 



(a.) Locus /actus : — 76. 



LOCVSBASILEONIS 

 SEBIBOEECIT 

 XENEBENEMEREN 

 TIINPACE • DPEID 

 NONASNOVEMB 

 CONSS-HONORI 



AVG-VIl-ETTHODO *; 



SIITER-AVGa 

 {Ad 8. Laurenlii in agro Verano ; De Rossi, n. 576.) 



Locus Basileonis, se hibo (se vivo, vivus) fecit. Xene (^Xensey 

 henemerenti in pace. Deposita, pridie Nonas JVovemhres, Consulatu 

 HonoTii Augusti VII et Thodo&i (Tbeodosii) iterum Angustorum. 



" The place of Basileo. He when alive made it. To Xene well-deserving in 

 peace. Buried on the day before the Nones of November in the Consulship of 

 Honorius Augustus, for the seventh time, and Theodosius for the second time, 

 the two Augusti," i. e. November 4th, 407 a. d. 



,1. 2. se Mho, In Pagan epitapts such, forms are found as se vivo, 

 se vivus, se vivis, me vivus. Fecit. This word is used in various con- 

 nexions. In n. 31, I have noticed its use with cum in the sense 

 *■' spend." We find it, also, with fatum, scil. fatum fecit = died; and 

 with titulus, scil. titulum fecit = "msLde the inscription" or "caused 

 the inscription to be made;" also with locus, scil. locum fecit=^^' made 



