ENLISTMENT PRELIMINARIES
from Egypt
Arsinoite Nome, A.D. 92.
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T. Flavius Longus, optio leg(ionis) III Cur(enaicae), (centuria) Arelli . . . testatus e[st cautoresque dedit . . . Frontonem (centuria) Pompei Reg . . . . . . et L. Longinum]
Celerem (centuria) Cre . . . . . . et L. Herennium Fuscum [veteranum . . . . . . iuratusque dixit per . . . . . . se ingenuum et c(ivem) R(omanum) esse]
iusque militandi in leg(ione) habe[r]e. Ibi cau[tores . . . . . . Fronto et Longinus celer et L. Herennius Fuscus iurati per Iovem]
Optimum Maximum et genium Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris Do[mitiani Augusti Germanici dixerunt . . . . . . T. Flavium Longum s(upra) s(criptum)]
(5) ingenuum natum et c(ivem) R(omanum) esse iusque militan[di in leg(ione) habere.]
Actum ca[s]tris Aug(ustis) in hib(ernis) legionis III XVII Ka[l(endas) . . . . . . anno XVII Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) Domitiani Aug(usti) Germanici.]
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T. Flavius Longus optio leg(ionis) III Cur(enaicae), (centuria) Arelli . . . . testatus est cautoresque dedit . . . . ]
Frontonem (centuria) Pompei Reg[ . . . . . . et L. Longinum Celerem (centuria) Cre . . . . et L. Heren-]
nium Fuscum veteranum [ . . . . . . iuratusque dixit per . . . . . . se inge-]
nuum natum et c(ivem) R(omanum) esse ius[que militandi in leg(ione) habere. Ibi cautores . . . . . . Fronto]
et L. Longinus Celer et L. Here[nnius Fuscus iurati per Iovem Optimum Maximum et genium Imp(eratoris) Caesaris]
D[o]mitiani Aug(usti) Ger[ma]nici dixeru[nt . . . . . . T. Flavium Longum s(upra) s(criptum) ingenuum natum et c(ivem) R(omanum) esse]
iusque militandi in leg(ione) habere.
Actum cast(ris) Aug(ustis) in hib(ernis) leg(ionis) III [XVII Kal(endas) . . . . anno XVII Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) Domitiani Aug(usti) Germanici]
Q. Volusio Saturn[ino L. Venuleio Montano Aproniano cos.]
Titus Flavius Longus, optio of Legion III Cyrenaica, century of Arellius, swore and provided guarantors (?) [ - - - ] Fronto, of the Century of Pompeius Reg[ - - ], and Lucius Longinus Celer, of the Century of Cre[ - - ] and Lucius Herennius Fuscus, a veteran, and swore and stated that he was a freeborn person and a Roman citizen and that he had the right of serving in a legion. The guarantors.... swore by Jupiter Optimus Maximus and by the Genius of the Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus that the aforesaid Titus Flavius Longinus was freeborn and a Roman citizen and had the right to serve in a Roman legion.
Done at the winter camp of Legio III Cyrenaica on the 17th before the Kalends of [ - - ] in the year 17 of Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus, in the consulship of Quintus Volusius Saturninus and Lucius Venuleius Montanus Apronianus.
J. Barnes,
Chronique d' Égypte 24 (1949) 296-301, #2; R. Cavenaile,
Corpus Payprorum Latinarum 102; S. Daris,
Documenti per la storia dell' esercito Romano in Egitto (1964) #2
Compare:
Gnomon of the Idioslogos # 55 [
Select Paypri II, #206, p. 51; Daris, #1]:
If an Egyptian serves in a legion without being detected, he returns after his discharge to the Egyptian Status. Discharged sailors return likewise, except only those belonging to the Fleet of Misenum
