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Roman stone inscription (Caracalla)
Fragment of left-hand side only
Found in 1603, outside the fortress
Im[p(eratori) Caes(ari)] / M(arco) Au[relio] / Anto[nino] / [P(io) F(elici) ] Aug(usto) [L(uci) Sep(timi)] / Severi [Aug(usti)] / filio [.....] / [le]g(io) II [Aug(usta)]
‘For the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus (Caracalla), son of Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus, the Second Augustan Legion (built this).’
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/26.19
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon, Newport: Gwent
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1603
Notes: found outside the fortress
Acquisition
Donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
length / mm:1173
width / mm:661
Material
stone
Location
Caerleon: Inscriptions (open display)
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