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Roman gravestone (Ivlius Valens)
With edges roughly dressed and probably broken off along the top.
On his retirement from the legion, Julius Valens started a new life close to the fortress, possibly because he had formed an attachment with a local woman. He allegedly survived to the age of 100. His wife died aged 75, and is commemorated on a second stone, set up by their son Gaius Julius Martinus.
D(is) M(anibus) / Iul(ius) Valens vet(eranus) / leg(ionis) II Aug(ustae) vixit / annis C Iul(ia) / Secundina coniunx / et Iul(ius) Martinus filius / f(aciendum) c(uraverunt)
‘To the spirits of the departed; Julius Valens, veteran of the Second Augustan Legion, lived 100 years; Julia Secundina, his wife, and Julius Martinus, his son, had this set up.’
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Site Name: Great Bulmore, Caerleon
Notes: found in the orchard