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publication: ICUR-02, 04201
dating: 391 to 425 EDCS-ID: EDCS-33900101
province: Roma place: Roma

[Qui coelu]m credit iustis per saecula factis / [promitti cu]peret quae mea vita tulit / [quinquagin]ta egi revolutis fastibus annos / [quattuor g]enui pignora domitio / [aeternamqu]e sedem Christo famulata reviso / [debita quo]d meritis praemia pulchra parat / [ergo tui] luctus gemitum depone marite / [nam morte]m nescit qui dominum timuit

Who believes heaven is promised to the just for eternal deeds,
Wishing to obtain what my life has brought forth.
I have lived fifty years with the revolutions of the fates,
And produced four offspring in domestic restraint.
And revisiting the eternal abode, I, a servant of Christ,
See beautiful rewards prepared for deserving merits.
Therefore, husband, set aside your lamentations,
For one who fears the Lord does not know death.

publication: ICUR-02, 04571 = ILCV 01330 (em)
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-34100404
province: Roma place: Roma

Cornelia Nice / annorum plus / minus XX <c=G>(h)ris{s}(ti)a/na na redde<d=R>it

Cornelia Nice, a Christian, returned [to God] at the age of approximately twenty years.

publication: ICUR-02, 04745 = Damaso p 113 = Trout-01, 00059
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-34201001
province: Roma place: Roma

Corpore mente animo pariterque et nomine Felix / sanctorum in numero Christi sociate triumphis / qui ad te sollicite venientibus omnia praestas / nec quemquam pateris tristem repedare viantem / te duce servatus mortis quod vincula rupi / hostibus extinctis fuerant qui falsa locuti / versibus his Damasus supplex tibi vota rependo

Felix, in body, mind, and spirit, as well as in name, joined in the triumphs of the saints of Christ, associated with you. You, who generously grant everything to those who come to you diligently, and do not allow anyone, guided by you, to return sad on the way. Under your guidance, I, saved, broke the chains of death, which had been extinguished by false speakers, I, Damasus, humbly offer these verses as my vows to you.

publication: ICUR-02, 04827 = CLE 01345 = ILCV 03429
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-35100461
province: Roma place: Roma

[Appi]as hoc tegitur [s]uperis invisa sepulcro / [fle]bilis haec suboli [fl]ebilis ista viro / [cas]ta verecundo ser<v=B>a<v=B>it iura cub[-i-]li / [edi]dit et prolem pignora cara tori / [no]n tamen haec tristes habitat po[st l]imine sedes / [proxima] sed C(h)risto sidera celsa tenet / [deposita] VIIII Kal(endas) Septembr<e=I>[s] / [con]ss(ulibus) d(omino) n(ostro) Arcadio Aug(usto) [et Rufino v(iro) c(larissimo)] / quae vixit ann<o=V>s p(lus) m(inus) XXXVIII[3] / Restitu[tu]s maritus com[pari 3] / [fec]it

Appias lies here, she who is covered by this tomb, detested by the gods, pitable to her children, pitiable to her husband. She preserved the chaste laws of her modest marriage, and gave dear children as pledges of the bed. However, she does not inhabit sad abodes beyond the threshold. Instead, she reaches the lofty stars near to Christ. Deposited on the 9th day before the Kalends of September, in the consulship of our lord Arcadius Augustus and the distinguished man Rufinus. She lived for about 38 years. Restitutus, her husband, made this for his spouse.

publication: ICUR-02, 05432
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-38302147
province: Roma place: Roma

Locus Allisponti Iovini et Flavi(a)e Custati(a)e in C(h)risto / hic requiescit in pace innocens Petrus qui vixit annos / duos deposi<t=I>us d(ie) VIII Idus Sept<e=I>mb(res)

Place of Allispontus, Jovinus, and Flavia Custatia in Christ. Here rests in peace the innocent Peter, who lived for two years, deposited on the 8th day before the Ides of September.

publication: ICUR-02, 05485
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-38302199
province: Roma place: Roma

[3 hi]c deposita est Signu[3] / [3 in p]ace devota C(h)risto [3] / [3 q]ui vixit annos [3] / [3]II K(alendas) Oc(tobres)

Signutus has been laid to rest in peace, devoted to Christ [?], who lived for [?] years, [?] on the Kalends of October

publication: ICUR-02, 05596
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-38302305
province: Roma place: Roma

[3 h]aec sunt [3] / [3]SOLA[ // ]S RA[3] / [3]CO[ // [3]as [3] / [3] iusti[3] / [3 sup]erstes [3] / [3]tu adv[3] gloria [3] / [3] dei vel pr[aem]ia C(h)risti [3] / [3]cius V[3]EP com[3] / [3]SIX[

... you advance toward the glory of God, even the rewards of Christ ...

publication: ICUR-02, 05739
dating: 301 to 500 EDCS-ID: EDCS-38302433
province: Roma place: Roma

Potestate C(h)risto {h}oratione fac<i=E>t / Agape qu(a)e vix(it) ann(os) XXV m(enses) VI d(ies) XVIII / dep(osita) XII Kal(endas) Dec(em)b(res) / i[n pace

With the power of Christ, Agape made this (memorial) with devotion. She who lived 25 years, 6 months, and 18 days, departed on the 12th day before the Kalends of December (November 20th). In peace.

publication: ICUR-02, 06016 = ILCV 01982 = CLE 00671 = Damaso p 69 = Trout-01, 00007 = Mossong-2022, 00020
dating: 366 to 384 EDCS-ID: EDCS-34200639
province: Roma place: Roma

O semel atque iterum vero de nomine Felix / qui intemerata fide contempto principe mundi / confessus Christum caelestia regna petisti / o vere pretiosa fides cognoscite fratris / qua ad caelum victor pariter properavit Adauctus / presbyter his Verus Damaso rectore iubente / composuit tumulum sanctorum limina adornans / Felix et Adauctus martyres

O Felix, once and again, truly from your name, who, with unblemished faith, despising the prince of the world, confessed Christ and sought the heavenly kingdoms. O truly precious faith, recognize the brother by which, as victors together, Adauctus hastened to heaven. Presbyter Verus, under the command of Damasus, the ruler, erected a tomb, adorning the thresholds of the saints. Felix and Adauctus, martyrs.

publication: ICUR-02, 06152 = ILCV 02310 = ICaRoma 00102 = Carletti-2008, 00176
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-34200778
province: Roma place: Roma

Dulcis virg<i=Y>nia Babosa refrigeret tibi deus et C(h)ristus / et domini nostri Adeodatus et Felix venisti in pace pridie Kal(endas) April<e=I>s // MO // ET

May God and Christ refresh you, sweet virgin Babosa, and our lords Adeodatus and Felix. You came in peace on the day before the Kalends of April.