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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Valeria Novembri and published on 07/11/2019.

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We know Didius Taxiarchus only from his funerary inscription in six verses (IGUR 3, 1189), which was found at Rome and is dated on the basis of paleography to the 2^nd c. CE. The inscription is preceded by a dedication in Latin, probably written by the patronus o…