§352 Flavius Ursacius

Flavius Ursacius

(0352) Text: mimoria Fl(avio) | Ursacio ex | numero pro- | punnantes ex s- | c(h)ulam brac(hi)atorum

Translation: In memory, for Flavius Ursacius from the unit “fighters in front” from the school of the Bracati.

Commentary: Numerous spelling errors; Christian soldier

Provenience: Timgad (Numidia) 200-300 CE

Bibliography: AE 1946.43; Ronald J. Sider, The Early Church on Killing: A Comprehensive Sourcebook on War, Abortion, and Capital Punishment (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012), 148*