OK Roman military historians, can you help me with "tutela III Asclepio" from that looted funerary inscription for a sailor in the Misenum fleet that turned up recently in New Orleans (EDCS-21100456 = CIL 11.7584)?
I assume that "tutela" is an office, role, or rank and our man Verus was assigned it for the trireme "Asclepius". But do we know what "tutela" means in any more detail?
Parallel: "armicustos III Marte" (EDCS-19800619 = CIL 11.67)
On the recovered inscription: https://scholar.social/@serviliusahala/115333301710261135
Boosts appreciated.
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