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Tombstone of the Flavian-era eques alaris (cavalryman) Titus Flavius Bassus, son of
Mucala. He died at age 46 after 26 years' service, at the lowest rank. Bassus' adopted
Roman names, Titus Flavius, indicate that he had gained Roman citizenship, doubtless
by serving the required 25 years in the auxilia. The arrangement of the scene, a rider
spearing a man (the motif of the Thracian Hero), indicates that Bassus was a Thracian.
Date: Late 1st century. Rmisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne, Germany
icon of the Danubian Horseman, 3rd century AD, bronze, 8.4 x 7.4 cm, weight 83.79
grams, excavated at ancient Singidunum, present-day Belgrade, Serbia. The upper zone
represents the celestial world, with the busts of Sol and Luna, flanked with heraldic
snakes. The central place in this zone is occupied by the figure of an unknown goddess
between two horsemen. A particularly interesting feature in the second zone is the
central figure of a nude man. Autochthonous unofficial cult.