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Roman stone inscription (Trajan)
With ansate sides. Original upper right corner missing; restored with a plaster reconstruction
Dedication to the Emperor Trajan
This inscription, erected in AD 100, may have adorned the south-west gate. The slab of Luna marble was sent from Italy, probably with its text ready-cut, but by the time it was set up the consular numeral required changing from II to III.
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) divi [Nervae f (ilio) ] Nervae Traia[no Aug(usto)] Ger(manico) pontif(ici) maximo [trib(unicia)] potest(ate) p(atri) p(atriae) co(n)s(uli) III Leg(io) II Aug(usta)
‘To the Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus, conqueror of Germany, son of the deified Nerva, high priest, with tribunician power, father of his country, consul for the third time, the Second Augustan Legion (dedicates this)’
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Site Name: School Field, Caerleon
Notes: the stone had been reused as a paving stone in room 5 of building XV