Some common abbreviations used in Latin inscriptions. A more
comprehensive list can be found here.
| A |
Aulus, Adiutrix, annus |
| A D |
ante diem |
| ADIVT |
Adiutrix |
| AE, AEL |
Aelius |
| AEM |
Aemilius |
| ANN |
annus |
| ANTON |
Antoninius |
| AVG |
Augustus |
| AVGG |
Augusti duo |
| AVGGG |
Augusti tres (etc.) |
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| BEN |
beneficarius |
| BR, BRIT |
Britannia, Britannus |
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| C |
Gaius, Caesar, civis, curavit |
| CENT |
centurio |
| CIVIT |
civitas |
| C L |
cives Latini |
| CN |
Gnaeus |
| COH |
cohors |
| COL, COLON |
colonia |
| COS |
consul |
| C R |
cives Romani |
| CVR |
curavit, -erunt |
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| D |
Decimus, dominus |
| D |
quingenti |
| DAC |
Daci, Dacicus |
| D D |
decreto decurionum |
| D INV |
Deo invicto |
| D M |
Dis Manibus |
| D N |
dominus noster |
| DOM |
dominus |
| D S D |
de suo dedit, -erunt |
| D S P |
de sua pecunia |
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| EQ |
eques, equitata |
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| F |
filius, fecit, Fida |
| F CVR |
faciendum curavit, -erunt |
| FEBR |
Februarius |
| FEC |
fecit, -erunt |
| FEL |
Felix |
| FIL |
filius |
| FL, FLAV |
Flavius |
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| GEM |
Gemina |
| GER |
Germania, germanicus |
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| HER |
heres |
| H F C |
heredes faciendum curaverunt |
| HISP |
Hispania, Hispanus |
| H S E |
hic situs est |
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| II |
duo milia (etc.) |
| IAN |
Ianuarius |
| IIIVIR |
triumvir (etc.) |
| IMP |
imperator |
| INF |
inferior |
| INV |
invictus |
| I O M |
Iovi Optimo Maximo |
| IVL |
Iulius |
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| K, KAL |
Kalendae |
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| L |
Lucius |
| L D |
locum dedit |
| LEG |
legatus, legio |
| LIB |
libertus |
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| M |
Marcus, miles, mille, milliaria, Mithras |
| M' |
Manius |
| MAX |
maximus |
| MIL |
miles, milliaria |
| M P |
mille passuum |
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| N |
nepos, noster, numerus |
| N C |
mobilissimus Caesar |
| NEP |
nepos |
| NER |
Nerva |
| NOB CAES |
nobilissimus Caesar |
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| P |
Publius, pedes |
| PERT |
Pertinax |
| P F |
Pia Fidelis, Pius Felix |
| P M |
pontifex maximus |
| PONT |
pontifex |
| PP |
pedes |
| P P |
pater patriae, pro praetore |
| P R |
populus Romanus |
| PR |
praetor, praeses, primus, provincia |
| PRAEF |
praefectus |
| PRAET |
praetorium |
| PRINC |
principia |
| PROC |
procurator |
| PROCOS |
proconsul |
| PROV |
provincia |
| PR PR |
pro praetore |
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| Q |
Quintus, quaestor |
| Q D |
quaestus designatus |
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| RESP |
respublica |
| REST |
restituit, -erunt |
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| S |
sacrum |
| S C |
Senatus consulto |
| SEPT |
Septimius |
| SER |
Servius |
| SEX |
Sextus |
| SIGN |
signifer |
| STIP |
stipendia |
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| T |
Titus |
| TEST |
testamentum |
| TI, TIB |
Tiberius |
| TR, TRIB |
tribunus |
| TR MIL |
tribunus militum |
| TR PL |
tribumicia plebis |
| TR POT, TRIB POT |
tribunicia potestate |
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| VAL |
Valerius |
| V C |
vir clarissimus |
| VEX |
vexillatio |
| VIC |
Victrix |
| VIX |
vixit |
| VLP |
Ulpius |
| V P |
vir perfectissimus |
| V S L M |
votum solvit libens merito |
| V V |
Valeria Victrix |
