Fabius Honoratus

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Fabius Honoratus (his praenomen is not known) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 3rd century AD .

An inscription that was found at the Cilurnum fort and that is dated to 201/300 shows that Honoratus was the tribune of the Cohors I Vangionum , who was stationed in the province of Britannia . The inscription is on a tombstone that Honoratus and his wife Aurelia Eglectiane had built for their daughter, Fabia Honorata .

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Individual evidence

  1. Inscription ( RIB 1482 ).
  2. John Spaul : Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1-84171-046-4 , page 250 .
  3. Oliver Stoll : 'Incedere inter milites, habere ad manum centuriones ... iam et exercitus regerent!' * Women and the Roman military - a difficult relationship? In: Women and Roman Military Contributions to a round table in Xanten from July 7th to 9th, 2005 , BAR International Series 1759, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4073-0198-3 , pp. 20–51, here p. 38 ( Online ).