Funerary Inscription (Roman)

for a gladiator.

MVR(millo) (contra) R(etiarius)
PROBVS
P(ubli) A(urelii) VI(talis) L(ibertus) IXXXXIX (victoriarum)
NATIONE GERMA(nus)
H(ic) S(itus) E(st) S(it) T(erra) T(ibi) L(evis)
VOLVMNIA SPERA(ta)
CONIVGI PIO
MERENTI (fecit)
P(ublius) VOLVMNIVS
VITALIS PATRI PIO (fecit)
S(it) T(erra) T(ibi) L(evis)

CIL II2/7,363

"The Murmillo, opponent of the Retiarius, Probus, freedman of Publius Aurelius Vitalis, 49 times a winner, German by race, lies here. May the earth be light upon you. Volumnia Sperata, in honour of her affectionate husband, who deserves it, and Publius Volumnius Vitalis, for his affectionate father, made the monument. May the earth be light upon you."

Córdoba Archaeology Museum, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain.
November 2012.