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Certificati di servizio militare via HGV-meta

Letters ordering promotions and discharges of cavalry at the camp of Psoftis. Copies of three Latin official letters from senior military officers to the prefects of the camp at Psoftis (Psophthis) in Egypt. The first two order the promotion of cavalrymen and cataphracts, among them Sarapion, to fill vacant places, and the third orders the discharge of eleven soldiers who were old, sick or disabled, listing their years of service. machine translation

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Inscription #1 · Latin · Latin

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[1] f l Flavius Heraclianus Dionysio fratri praefecto castri Psoftis infrascriptas scholas antiquitus statutum numerum locorum omittere priores castri tibi commissi missa ad officium epistula significarunt, idoneos etiam duos proprio periculo ad replendas easdem scholas suggesserunt ideo litteris acceptis memoratos in isdem locis ex die Kalendarum […] dominis nostris Arcadio quater et Honorio ter perpetuis Augustis consulibus sterni fac curans annonas eos secundum merita propriae dignitatis consecuturos esse. est autem Sarapiopn catafractarius, prouectus decurio Apion eques prouectus catafractarius exemplum [2] f l Flauius Pulcher Gerontio fratri praefecto castri Psofthis omnis ordo[…]…[…]s…[…] munien…[…]neque enim[…]…[…] loco quem viduari merito laborum militaris patitur diciplina in eoque Sarapionem munificem in scholam catafractariorum debere constitui harum auctoritate cognosce ut praesentis indeptus meritum dignitatis deuotionem alacrius exerceat militarem ex die idque inlustri Aprelis post consulatum dominorum nostrorum Arcadii ter et Honorii iterum perpetuorum Augustorum relatus, ut dictum est, matriculis dignitatis propriae consequatur annonas exemplum [2,ms] data xv Kalendas Maias Alexandriae [3] fl Flauius Eleutherius H…st…[…]… fratri praefecto castri Psofthis […] insi[…]tia…[…] nomina matriculis inserta …[…]…[…]…[…]…[…] Vincentio et Fraovitho viris clarissimis consulibus omni armorum genere, quo instructi esse videbantur redhibito eximere curabis et sunt: decuriones Sarapion colicus stipendiorum xviii Stefanus debilis stipendiorum xxii Fileas senex stipendiorum xxxv Isidorus aegrotus stipendiorum xviii catafractarii Doroteus senex stipendiorum xxvii Foebammon ut supra stipendiorum xx Apammon colicus stipendiorum x Foebammon debilis stipendiorum vii equites Heraclas senex stipendiorum xxvii Ahesis ut supra stipendiorum xxvii Antonius ut supra stipendiorum xxvii

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[1] Flavius Heraclianus to Dionysios, his brother, prefect of the camp of Psoftis. The former (officers) of the camp entrusted to you have indicated in a letter sent to the office that the schools listed below have long been lacking the established number of places, and they have also proposed, at their own risk, two suitable men to fill these same schools. [Therefore], on receipt of [this letter], have the said men entered in these places from the day of the Kalends of […] in the consulship of our lords [Arcadius] for the fourth time and Honorius for the third time, perpetual Augusti, taking care that they receive [their rations] according to the merits of their own rank. They are: Sarapion, cataphract, promoted decurion Apion, cavalryman, promoted cataphract Copy [2] Flavius Pulcher to Gerontios, his brother, prefect of the camp of Psofthis. Every rank […] […] for neither […] in the place which military discipline allows to be left vacant on account of the merit of labours, and know by the authority of this letter that Sarapion, munifex, must be appointed to it in the school of cataphracts, so that, having obtained the merit of his present rank, he may carry out his military devotion more eagerly; and from the day of the Ides (?) of April after the consulship of our lords Arcadius for the third time and Honorius for the second time, perpetual Augusti, entered, as has been said, in the rolls of his own rank, let him receive rations. Copy Given on the 15th day before the Kalends of May at Alexandria. [3] Flavius Eleutherius […] to […], his brother, prefect of the camp of Psoftis. […] the names inserted in the rolls […] in the consulship of Vincentius and Fravitus, men of clarissimus rank, you will take care to discharge them, every kind of weapon with which they appeared to be equipped having been returned. They are: Decurions: Sarapion, suffering from colic, 18 years of service Stephanos, disabled, 22 years of service Phileas, old, 35 years of service Isidoros, sick, 18 years of service Cataphracts: Dorotheos, old, 27 years of service Phoibammon, as above, 20 years of service Apammon, suffering from colic, 10 years of service Phoibammon, disabled, 7 years of service Cavalrymen: Heraklas, old, 27 years of service Ahesis, as above, 27 years of service Antonius, as above, 27 years of service

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