Lucius Philocalus Valens
(0158) Text: Dis manibus. | L(ucius) Philocalus | L(ucii) f(ilius) Col(lina) Valen(s) | Gadara, mil(es) | leg(ionis) X Fr(etensis), | Ɔ Gra- | ni Proculi, h(ic) s(itus) e(st).
Translation: To the death gods. Lucius Philocalus Valens, son of Lucius, of the tribe Collina and from Gadara. Soldier of legio X Fretensis in the century of Granus Proculus. He lies here. (Trans. Christopher B. Zeichmann)
Commentary: Lucius was not only from the Decapolis, but he served in legio X Fretensis and thus was stationed in Judaea after the Judaean War.
Provenience: Byblos, Syria (Jubayl, Lebanon) 70-100 CE
Bibliography: CIL 3.181; CIL 3.6697; AE 1991.1575; Thomas Maria Weber, Gadara – Umm Qēs I: Gadara Decapitolina. Untersuchungen zur Topographie, Geschichte, Architekture und der Bildenen Kunst einer „Polis Hellenis“ im Ostjordanland, ADPV 30 (Weisbaden: Harrassowitz, 2002), IS no. 64.