Citation de Runi
I wanted to hold slaughtered Dacians. I held them.
I wanted to sit on a chair of peace. I sat on it.
I wanted to take part in famous triumphs. It was done.
I wanted the full benefits of a chief centurion. I have had them.
I wanted to see naked nymphs. I saw them.
(Inscription from Africa by anonymous veteran of Trajan’s Dacian Wars – AE, 1928, 27)
I wanted to sit on a chair of peace. I sat on it.
I wanted to take part in famous triumphs. It was done.
I wanted the full benefits of a chief centurion. I have had them.
I wanted to see naked nymphs. I saw them.
(Inscription from Africa by anonymous veteran of Trajan’s Dacian Wars – AE, 1928, 27)