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Roman gravestone (Ivlia Secundina)
Gravestone with damaged edges.
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 this stone, set up by their son Gaius Julius Martinus.
D(is) M(anibus) et / memoriae / Iuliae Secundi/nae matri pi/issime vixit an/nis LXXV G(aius) Iul(ius) / Martinus fil(ius) / f(aciendum) c(uravit)
‘To the spirits of the departed and the memory of Julia Secundina, his devoted mother, (who) lived 75 years, Gaius Julius Martinus, her son, had this set up.
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Site Name: Great Bulmore, Caerleon
Notes: found in the orchard
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