The X-Files: Chrēstos / Christos / Χρειστος

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CIL 02-14, 02351 = IRC-01, 00006 = IRC-05, p 016 = IRAT 00045 = HEp 1989, 00134
dating: 301 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-10900744
province: Hispania citerior place: Castellet i la Gornal / Tarraco

Hic pos(itus) est in pace / Iulianus ser(vus) C(h)risti / qui vix(it) an(nos) tres me(nses) du(o) / dies XVII

Here lies in peace Julianus, a servant of Christ, who lived for three years, two months, and seventeen days.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CIL 02-14, 02085 = ICERV 00294 = RIT 00937 = CLEHisp 00124 = PELCatalans-T, 00012 = ECMosHisp-T, 00001 = Exoff p 112 = HEp 1997, 00960 = AE 1996, 00929
dating: 351 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-03400486
province: Hispania citerior place: Tarragona / Tarraco / Terraco

Optime magnarum [antistes] / cui maxima reru[m est cura] / divinas caeli quas promis[it deus] / arces ecce dedit sancta C<hr=RH>isti / in sede quiescis

Best, the overseer of great [matters], to whom the greatest care is [for divine things], behold, God has given the holy [realms] of heaven. You rest in peace in the seat of Christ.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CIL 02-14, 02104 = ICERV 00207 = RIT 00952 = ZPE-178-111 = IGEP 00229
dating: 301 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-03400501
province: Hispania citerior place: Tarragona / Tarraco / Terraco

"GR" // Unicae virginita[tis 3] / pudicitiae singularis [a]c summ(a)e / [car]itatis C<hr=RH>istianae / [3] primae di[ // ]VI L[ // ]M[

... Of unique virginity, of singular chastity, and of the highest Christian love ...

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CIL 05, 07640 = CLE 00783 = ICI-09, 00014 = InscrIt-09-01, 00165 = ILCV 03427 (em) = AE 1960, 00328 = AE 2000, +00585
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-05400889
province: Liguria / Regio IX place: Pagno

Caelestes animae / damnant quae crimina / vitae terrenas metuu/nt labes sub iudice C(h)risto / corporeo laetae gaude/nt se carcere solvi / sic regina potens meritis / [post] vincula saec(u)li / aeternam repetit se[dem(?)] / ni(hi)l noxia morti / haec talamis Albine tuis / ser[3]quae f<i=E>d[e]lis / virgineas casto servavit / pectore taed[as] / coniugii om[3] / dicnata secundi / haec damnum natura tuum / quod invida natos / non tribuis votis matris / sub mente benigna / adfectu superare volens / nos iamque vocavit / Albini claro generatam / sanguine prolem / exosum nomen ni(hi)l / magnis moribus [3] / nam veras bea/ti pectore matri

Celestial souls condemn the crimes of earthly life; they fear the stains under the judgment of Christ. In joy, they are glad to be released from the bodily prison. Thus, the powerful queen, by her merits, after the bonds of the age, seeks her eternal abode. Harmless to death, she reclaims, Albinus, her place in the bridal chamber, which, faithful to your promises, she has preserved with a chaste heart. The torches dedicated to the second marriage of the wedded couple are spoken of. This loss of yours, which envious Fate does not grant you for your wishes as a mother, desiring to overcome with a kind mind, she now called us. Descended from the illustrious blood of Albinus, she detests the name, for nothing is greater than her virtues. Indeed, in her true heart, she is a blessed mother.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CICMerida 00020 = HEp 1997, 00135 = AE 2001, 01168
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-23900224
province: Lusitania place: Merida / Emerita

Mulier an(n)orum viginti et / octo peri(i)t a partu cognomen / Aurelia Licinia Florida rec/cessit de s(a)eculo in nomin(e) C(h)r(isti) / C(h)risti f<i=E>delis in Chr(isto) hoc felix

A woman of twenty-eight years perished in childbirth. Her name was Aurelia Licinia Florida. She departed from the world in the name of Christ, faithful to Christ. In Christ, she was blessed.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CIL 08, 20600 = ILCV 02068 = Louvre 00880 = AE 1890, 00114 = AE 2000, 00119 = AE 2020, +01627
dating: 359 to 359 EDCS-ID: EDCS-26200812
province: Mauretania Caesariensis place: Ras el Oued / Tocqueville / Ain Toumella / Thamallula

Memori/a sa(n)cta // de lign<o=U> crucis / de ter[(r)a] promis(si)onis ub<i=E> natus est C(h)ristus / apostoli Petri et Pauli nomi/na mart<y=U>ru(m) Datiani Dona/tiani Cypriani Nemes(i)ani / [C]itini et Victo/[r]ia[e]s(!) / an(n)o provi/[nciae tr]ecent(esimo) vi<c=G>es(imo) // Posuit Bene/natus et Pequaria // Victorinus / Miggin / septimu(m) Id/us Sept(e)m(b)r(es)

Memory holy [of] the wood of the cross, from the earth of the promise where Christ was born, [and] the names of the martyrs Peter and Paul, Datianus, Donatianus, Cyprianus, Nemesianus, Citinus, and Victoria. In the year of the province, the three hundred and twenty. Placed by Benenatus and Pequaria. Victorinus. Miggin. Seventh Ides of September.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CIL 08, 08631 (p 1920) = CLE 00317 = ILCV 01911 = Hamdoune-2016, p 163 = AE 2016, +01832 = AE 2016, +01969
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-24700624
province: Mauretania Caesariensis place: Setif / Sitifis

Mart<y=I>rib(us) sanctis promissa Colonicus insons / solvit vota sua laetus cum coniuge cara / hic situs est Iustus hic atq(ue) Decurius una / qui bene confessi vicerunt arma maligna / praemia victores C(h)risti meruere coronam

Innocent Cologne fulfilled his vows joyfully with his dear spouse to the holy martyrs. Here lies Justus and Decurius together, who, having confessed well, conquered the hostile weapons. The victorious earned the rewards of Christ, the crown.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: CIL 08, 20412 = ILCV 02442 = MEFR-1964-161
dating: 384 to 384 EDCS-ID: EDCS-27800180
province: Mauretania Caesariensis place: Setif / Sitifis

D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / hanc memoria(m) quam fecit Fl(avius) Eustasius et Iulia Crescentina uxor / eius in nomine dei et C(h)risti eius pro tempore sui / depositione eorum ad perfectum dedicat<a=V>(m) / est die Idus Martias anno provinci(a)e CCCXLV / filius Si<l=I>[v]an<u=I>[s

Sacred to the Spirits of the Departed. Flavius Eustasius and Julia Crescentina, his wife, dedicated this monument in the name of God and His Christ, during their lifetime. It was dedicated to completion on the Ides of March in the 345th year of the province. [Their] son Silvanus [contributed to this].

[Peter Kirby]

publication: MEFR-1890-440
dating: 359 to 359 EDCS-ID: EDCS-70200001
province: Mauretania Caesariensis place: Tixter

Memoria sa(n)cta Victorinus Miggin septimu(m) Idus Sept(e)m(b)r(es) BVD et DABVLAIL de lign(o) crucis de ter(ra) promis(si)onis ub(i) natus est C(h)ristus apostoli Patri et Pauli nomina m(a)rt(y)rum Datiani Donatiani C(y)priani Nemes(i)ani [C]itini et Victo[ri]as an(n)o prov(inciae) (tr)ecentivi(c)es(imo) // Posuit(!) Bene/natus et Paquarla

Holy memory. Victorinus Miggin, on the seventh Ides of September, [?] and [?], [?] from the wood of the Cross, where Christ was born from the promised land, apostles Peter and Paul, names of martyrs Datianus, Donatianus, Cyprianus, Nemesianus, [C]itinus, and Victoria. In the year of the province, three hundred. [This monument] was set up by Benenatus and Paquarla.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: IMS-02, 00216 = ILCV 01613a = AE 1910, 00089
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-11201655
province: Moesia superior place: Kostolac / Kostolatz / Viminacium

C(h)ristus deus dei / filius custodiat / artefices(!) om/nes qui hoc / [o]pus fecerunt / in domino

May Christ, God, the Son of God, guard all the artisans who made this work in the Lord.