Seeing the Nymphs Naked?

[Kegluneq]

Great tombstone! It seems like the Romans sometimes had quite good ones. One of my favourites is the marker for Mr. Hot Sex and Madame Gorgeous, which Mary Beard talked about. I like these much better than the simple names and dates which are so common in today's culture.

Thanks for the link, I love that one! Perhaps it was his heir's way of telling new customers that that joke was really old?

Please excuse the slight move away from topic but on a more serious note it does sound a little bit like not just military humour but how an old soldier would want to say it all. For with many Roman epitaphs they do give the indication that they may have been dictated previous to death by the person themselves.

I imagine the tombstones of Soranus (who boasted of his displays of martial skill before Hadrian) and Tiberius Claudius Maximus (who boasted of capturing Decebalus and returning with his head) came from the same desire to have particular feats remembered, although neither seem to have done as well for themselves as this primus pilus...