Matronae Ambioreneses
The Ambioreneses are presumably matrons that have only survived through a dedicatory inscription from Cologne from the 3rd century. The consecration can be dated to the year 252 by naming the consulate of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus .
"In [h (onorem)] d (omus) d (ivinae) / et Genio lo [ci] // Ambiamarcis / Ambiorenesibus / Marti Victori Mer / curio Neptuno / Cereri diis deabusq (ue) / omnibus Primini / Octavius Ver (us ) Felic (issimus?) / Quartius Vetus / et Mi [nius? Vi?] Talis v (otum) s (olverunt) l (ibentes) m (erito) / Imp (eratoribus) d [d (ominis) nn (ostris) Ga] llo / [I] I et V [olus] iano Aug (ustis) / [c] o (n) s (ulibus) "
The Ambioreneses in addition to the name related Ambiamarcae called. Although they are not declared as matrons with the generic name, according to the method of education and type, it is a matron's name that is Celtic and means "the matrons who live on both sides of the Rhine".
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literature
- Brigitte Galsterer, Hartmut Galsterer : New inscriptions from Cologne. Finds from 1974–1979. In: Epigraphische Studien 12 (1981), pp. 228-232, No. 3; Fig. 3.
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X , pp. 19-20.