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Marcus Caelius (born circa 44 BC, died 9 AD) was a senior centurion in Legio XIIX who was killed in the Battle of Teutoburger Wald.〔Goldsworthy, Adrian. "The Complete Roman Army". Thames & Hudson Ltd., p. 49.〕 He is known from his cenotaph, which was discovered in 1620 in Birten (now a part of Xanten), Germany.〔()〕 Caelius is depicted wearing his military uniform, with phalerae (a type of military decoration), armillae (a type of bracelet), and a corona civica (an award for saving a fellow citizen's life), while in his right hand, he holds a vitis (carried by all centurions). On either side of his image are his freedmen (ex-slaves), Privatus and Thiaminus. The tombstone's lower left corner is damaged, but enough survives to determine that the text below the image once read: M() CAELIO T() F() LEM(TRIBV ) BON() I O() LEG() XIIX ANN() LIII S() CECIDIT BELLO VARIANO OSSA () INFERRE LICEBIT P() CAELIVS T() F() LEM(TRIBV ) FRATER FECIT English translation: To Marcus Caelius, son of Titus, of the Lemonian voting tribe, from Bononia First centurion of the eighteenth legion, 53½ years old He fell in the Varian War. His freedmen's bones may be interred here. Publius Caelius, son of Titus, of the Lemonian voting tribe, his brother, erected (this monument)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Romans )〕 The tombstone can today be found in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The battle in the Teutoburg Forest )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcus Caelius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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