Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.52064/vamz.57.2.3
A veteran of the Cohors Noricorum on an inscription from Salona
Dino Demicheli
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Abstract
The article analyses a tombstone that was found in tower 15 on the northwestern part of the city walls of Salona. The stele, together with numerous other monuments, was used as building material during the construction of the tower, which was most likely in the 4th century. Epigraphic spolia are not rare in Salona, especially in ramparts and towers, where a very large number of them have been found. The inscription on the stele mentions a veteran of cohors Noricorum, which is the only record so far of this military unit in Dalmatia. The veteran was most likely the commemorator of the inscription to another male person whose name has not been fully preserved. The monument has a very interesting motif as acroteria, and it is a relief of the Winds, i.e. the Wind gods that are sometimes depicted in the context of Roman funerary art.
Keywords
Salona, city walls and towers, epigraphy, spolia, cohors I Noricorum, Winds
Hrčak ID:
328472
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Publication date:
31.12.2024.
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