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ROMAN PELOPONNESE I
Remarks: For the rare gentilicium Vatinius see Schulze, 249; Mócsy, Nomenciator, s.v.
242. L(UCIUS) VEIRIUS L(UCII) F(ILIUS) QUIR(INA) FRONTO
CIL III 7261; Th. Mommsen, EphÉpigr4, 1879, no. 92; *Rizakis, Achaïe II, no. 153 [end 1st
c. B.C./beginning 1st c. A.D.]
Patrai; a block of white limestone bearing the epitaph of a veteran of legio XII:
L(ucio) Veirio L(ucii) f(ilio) Qui(rina) I Frontoni I veter(ano) leg(ionis) XII Ful(minatae).
veter(anus) leg(ionis) XII Ful(minatae)
Remarks: His gentilicium is rare, attested only in an inscription from Rome (CIL VI 3022; cf.
Solin and Salomies, 200). The common form of the name is Virius, attested mostly
in Gaul (Mócsy, Nomenclator, s.v.).
243. L(UCIUS) (VEIRIUS)
f. of L. Veirius Quir. Fronto (ACH 242)
244. SAL(VIUS) VETTIUS SAL(VII) L(IBERTUS) OPTATUS
ILGR 71 (Cf. L. Moretti, RFIC 108, 1980 fase. 4, 452 η. 3; A. Rizakis, RPh 59, 1985, 92
(corrections of the names); *Rizakis, Achaïe II, no. 123 [1st c. A.D. ].
Patrai; a limestone plaque bearing the funerary inscription of the person, who was a libertus;
erected by his wife, Mamilia Tyr[a]nnis (ACH 155):
Sal(vio) Vettio Sal(vii) l(iberto) I Optato I Mamilia Tyr[a]nnis I uxor.
Remarks: Salvenio, ILGR pro Sal(vio) Vettio, Rizakis.
245. SAL(VIUS) (VETTIUS)
f. of Sal(vius) Vettius Sal(vii) libertus Optatus (ACH 244)
246. C(AIUS) VETULLUS M(ARCI) F(ILIUS) QUI(RINA)
CIL III, 508; *Rizakis, Achaïe II, no. 155 [end 1st c. B.C./beginning 1st c. A.D. ].
Patrai; funerary inscription, now lost, of the person who was a signifer of legio X Equestris:
C(aius) Vetullus M(arci) f(ilius) I Qui(rina) signifer I leg(ionis) X Equ(estris).
Remarks: The gentilicium Vetullus is attested only in Patrai; the form Vetulus is attested as a
cognomen (Kajanto, Cognomina, 302). But the nomen Vetul(l)ius is known
(Schulze, 257, 405, 407, 445; Mócsy, Nomenclator, s.v.).
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