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title: Roman Funerary Stela from Zurich
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9622/roman-funerary-stela-from-zurich/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Roman Funerary Stela from Zurich

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Roman Funerary Stela from Zurich](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9622.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9622.jpg)

## Image Caption

A father had this tombstone erected in memory of his little boy Lucius, who had died at the age of two. The inscription in Latin not only mentions the profession of the man, who was head of the Zurich customs post, but also of the [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) name of the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Zurich: "Turicum." Funerary stela, stone. c. 180 CE. Originally erected in a cemetery and later reused as a building block at Lidenhof in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. (Landesmuseum, Zürich).

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2018, December 01). Roman Funerary Stela from Zurich. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9622/roman-funerary-stela-from-zurich/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Roman Funerary Stela from Zurich." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 01, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9622/roman-funerary-stela-from-zurich/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Roman Funerary Stela from Zurich." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Dec 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9622/roman-funerary-stela-from-zurich/>.

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