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Funerary inscription of Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius

Late Roman funerary inscription from Antium commemorating the senator, governor of Numidia and Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius.

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15 May 2026

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Inscription from Antium, found at San Donato in 1884.Eph. Ep. VIII, 648; MMM II No. 147.Inter avos proavosque tuos sanctumque parentemVirtutem meritis et honoribus emicuisti,Ornamentum ingens generis magniq̣ue senatus.Sed raptus propere liquisti, sancte Kameni,Aeternos fletus obiens iuvenalibus annis.Te dulcis coniunx lacrimis noctesque diesqueCum parvis deflet natis, solacia vitaeAmisisse dolens casto viduata cubili;Quae tamen extremum munus, solacia luctus,Omnibus obsequiis ornat decoratque sepulcrum.Alfenio Ceionio Iuliano Kamenio v(iro) c(larissimo) quaestori candidato / praetori triumphali, VII viro epulonum…

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