Nijmegen: Inscriptions

Medal of Gaius Aquilius Proculus, found at Nijmegen. Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen (Holland).

Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.

There are many inscriptions from Nijmegen. on this page, I have collected several of them, and I have added a translation. Unless indicated otherwise, all inscriptions are from the Valkhof Museum.

CIL = Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
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	MATRIBVS MOPATIBVS Marcvs LIBERIVS VICTOR CIVES NERVIvS NEGotiator FRVmentarivs Votvm Solvit Libens Merito (CIL 13.8725)	To the Mopatian Mothers has Marcus Liberius Victor, Nervian citizen, grain merchant, solved his promise, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
	SALvti RVSTICVS SVTORIBVS NOVIOMagensibvs Cvriae (?) ESSERAVI Dono Dedit Dedicavit	As a gift to Salus has Rusticus offered and dedicated this to the shoemakers of Noviomagus of the centuria of Esseravus.
	Caii AQVILLI PROCVLI > LEGionis VIII AVGvstae	Possession of Gaius Aquillius Proculus, centurio of the Eighth legion Augusta.
	Iovi Optimo Maximo ET GENIO LOCI Gaivs CANDIDINIVS SANCTVS SIGNifer LEGionis XXX Vlpiae Victricis PRO SE ET SVIS Libens Merito MaTERNO Et ATTICo COnsvlibvs (CIL 13.8719)	To Jupiter, best and greatest, and the Genius of this place, has Gaius Candidinius Sanctus, signifer of the Thirtieth legion Ulpia Victrix, willingly and deservedly dedicated this, for himself and his beloved ones, when Maternus, when Maternus and Atticus were consuls (=185 CE)
	Qvintvs BISIVS SECVNDvs Qvinti Filivs DOMO BRIXSAE MILes LEGionis X Geminae > COMINI CELSI ANnorvm XXX STIPendiorvm VII HEREDes EX Testamento Faciendvm Cvravervnt (CIL 13.8733)	Quintus Bisius Secundus, son of Quintus, from Brescia, soldier of the Tenth legion Gemina, century of Cominus Celsus, thirty years old, seven years in service; his heirs took care to make this monument, which they made according to the terms of the will.
	Marcvs AVRELIVS Titi Filivs GALeria tribv FLAVOS CALagvrri MILes LEGionis X GEMinae ANNorvm XL STIPendiorvm XVIII ET Marcvs AVRELIVS Titi Filivs GALeria tribu FESTVS CALAGvrri ANNorvm XXXVIII STIPendiorvm XVII ET AVRELIVS FLAVI Filivs FLAVINVS LIXA ANNorvm XVIII HIC SITI SVNT Sit Vobis Terra Levis Heres Faciendvm Cvravit (CIL 13.8732)	Marcus Aurelius Flavos, son of Titus, from Calagurris, from the Galerian voting district, forty years old, eighteen years in service; and Marcus Aurelius Festus, son of Titus, from Calagurris, from the Galerian voting district, thirty-eight years old, seventeen years in service; and Aurelius Flavinus, son of Flavus, sutler, eighteen years old, are buried hiere. May earth be light to you. Their heir took care of what had to be done.
	> PAVLI MACIIDONIS	Property of the centurio Paulus the Macedonian.
	VESTAE SACRVM IVLivs VICTOr MAGister FIGvlorvm PRO SE (CIL 13.8729)	Dedicated to Vesta. Julius Victor, master of the potters, erected this for himself.
	Marcvs SCANIVS Marci filivs VOlsinia tribv MAXIMVS AMPhipoli MILes LEGionis X Geminae Piae Fidelis Annorvm VI- XIT LI...	Marcus Scanius Maximus, son of Marcus, from the Voltinian voting district, from Amphipolis, soldier of the Tenth legion Gemina, faithful and loyal, lived fifty-one years. Note: the Roman numeral may have been 51, 52, 53, 54 or 59.
	Marci S...I S- TRATEGII AQVI- LIFERI LEGionis X GEMinae	Property of Marcus S... Strategius, aquilifer of the tenth legion Geminae