Marcus Calventius Viator
(0052) Text: Eponab(us) et | Campestrib(us) | sacr(um), | M(arcus) Calventius | Viator, Ɔ leg(ionis) IIII F(laviae) felicis), | exerc(itator) eq(uitum) sing(ularium) | C(ai) Avidi Nigrini, | leg(ati) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore), | v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Translation: [translation forthcoming]
Commentary: Another, more relevant, inscription of Marcus Calventius Viator is was found in Gerasa (§51). Petolescu suggests a third inscription may attest Marcus Calventius Viator (CIL 8.2532 = ILS 1.2487), but the basis for the claim seems thin.
Provenience: Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, Dacia (Sarmizegetusa, Romania) 110-115 CE
Bibliography: CIL 3.7904; Constantin C. Petolescu, “Cariera Centurionului M. Calventius Viator,” Pontica 37-38 (2004-5): 195-197; George Cupcea, “Centurions of the IIII Flavia Legion in Dacia,” Arheovest 1 (2013): 346-348.