Quintus Geminius Sabinus
(0155) Text: Q(uinto) Gemino | Q(uinti) f(ilio) Arn(iensis) Sa- | bino, Ɔ leg(ionis) VII Gem(i)n(ae), | Ɔ leg(ionis) VII Fer(ratae), Ɔ leg(ionis) XIV | Marc(iae) Gem(inae) Victr(icis), | Ɔ leg(ionis) X Gem(i)n(ae) P(iae) F(idelis), Ɔ leg(ionis) III Aug(ustae), | Ɔ leg(ionis) VII Gem(i)n(ae), hast(ato) pri- | ori leg(ionis) I Adiut(ricis), p(rimo) p(ilo) et prin- | cipi peregrinor(um), d(onis) d(onato) ab Imp(eratore) | Caes(are) Traiano Aug(usto) Germanico | corona vallari, torqui- | bus et armillis et phaleris | bello Germanico, praef(ecto) leg(ionis) X Fretensis | vicani vici Annaei quam idem | Geminius Sabinus ab iis tes- | tamento suo fieri iussit | posuerunt idemque dedica- | verunt anno mag(istri) D(ecimi) Annaei An(iensis) | Advenae.
Translation: Quintus Geminius Sabinus, son of Quintus of the tribe Arniensis. Centurion of legio VII Gemina, centurion of legio VI Ferrata, centurion of legio XIV Marcia Gemina Victrix, centurion of legio X Femina Pia Fidelis, centurion of legio III Augusta, centurio of legio VII Gemina, hastatus prior (fifth centurion) of legio I Audiutrix, first centurion and commander of the foreigners, given gifts from Imperator Caesar Traianus Augustus Germanicus including the crown of ramparts, armillae, and phalerae during the great German War, prefect of legio X Fretensis. The villagers of Vicus Annaeus ordered from the will of the same Geminius Sabinius dedicated this in the year of the magistrate Decimus Annaeus of the tribe Aniensus. (Trans. Christopher B. Zeichmann)
Commentary: Having been been an officer of legio X Fretensis, Quintus Geminius Sabinus spent some time in the province of Judaea, though he was suppressing the Revolt of the Batavi in Germania while the Judaean War was going on. The exact date of his prefecture in legio X Fretensis is uncertain, but Dąbrowa notes that the titulature of Trajan indicates it was before 102 CE.
Provenience: Vicus Annaeus, Africa (Dzemda, Tunisia) 98-102 CE
Bibliography: AE 1923.28; Edward Dąbrowa, Legio X Fretensis: A Prosopographical Study of Its Officers (I – III c. A.D.), Historia Einzelschriften 66 (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1993), 68-69.