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Document Details : Title: A Knight from Naples in Rome Subtitle: The Gravestone of Claudius Aurelianus Ptolemaeus Author(s): SPEIDEL, M.P. Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 24 Date: 1993 Pages: 99-101 DOI: 10.2143/AS.24.0.2005860 Abstract : Many years ago a gravestone was found in Naples with a Greek epitaph for Claudia Antonina, “sweetest wife” of Ti. Claudius Quir(ina tribu) Aurelianus Ptolemaeus, tribune of legion VII Gemina in Spain. Ptolemaeus’ Greek name and the Greek language of the epitaph fit well with Naples, and he is likely to have been born there. |
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