Quintus Petilius Secundus was a Roman legionary in the 15th legion.[1] He was born around 30 AD, probably in Milan and died 25 years later in Bonn.[2]
Quintus Petilius Secundus, son of Quintus Petilius came from Milan and was part of the voting district (Tribus) Oufentina. Petilius was a soldier of the Legio XV Primigenia and was noted for his early construction work in the Bonn area of modern-day Germany. His tombstone was found in 1755 in the Electoral Palace.[3] It is now housed in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn.
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- ^ Americanized Encyclopedia Britannica, Revised and Amended: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature; to which is Added Biographies of Livings Subjects ... Examiner. 1890. p. 506.
- ^ Carroll, Maureen (2006-10-12). Spirits of the Dead: Roman Funerary Commemoration in Western Europe. OUP Oxford. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-19-929107-6.
- ^ Elbe, Joachim von (1977). Roman Germany: A Guide to Sites and Museums. P. von Zabern. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-8053-0248-7.