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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2014.75 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name tombstone, inscription Description Fragment of the tombstone of a centurion who had served in many units including the Third Legion Augusta and the Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix. He was a veteran who lived in the new colony founded after the Boudican revolt Production period Roman Inscription Content [ ̣---] [A]DIVTR[icis] / ̣[---]AE BIS [ ̣---] / BIS (centurio) LEG(ionis) [---] / LEG(ionis) III AV[g(ustae)[---] / LEG(ionis) XX VAL(eriae) V[ict(ricis)] / [oriun]DVS NICAEA/ [in Bithyn]IA MILITAVI[t annos] / [---] VIXIT ANN(os) [---] / [---] OBITVM[---]] Inscription Translation twice centurion in the … Legion … centurion of the Third Legion Augusta … centurion of the Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix, born at Nicaea in Bithynia, served … years, lived … years ... death … Material stone Dimensions height: 255.00 mm width: 230.00 mm depth: 50.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2014.75
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

tombstone, inscription
Description

Fragment of the tombstone of a centurion who had served in many units including the Third Legion Augusta and the Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix. He was a veteran who lived in the new colony founded after the Boudican revolt
Production period

Roman
Inscription Content

[ ̣---] [A]DIVTR[icis] / ̣[---]AE BIS [ ̣---] / BIS (centurio) LEG(ionis) [---] / LEG(ionis) III AV[g(ustae)[---] / LEG(ionis) XX VAL(eriae) V[ict(ricis)] / [oriun]DVS NICAEA/ [in Bithyn]IA MILITAVI[t annos] / [---] VIXIT ANN(os) [---] / [---] OBITVM[---]]
Inscription Translation

twice centurion in the … Legion … centurion of the Third Legion Augusta … centurion of the Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix, born at Nicaea in Bithynia, served … years, lived … years ... death …
Material

stone
Dimensions

Details