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Wroxeter writing: A Wroxeter tombstone

Photograph of a tombstone inscribed with Latin lettering
Wroxeter Tombstone
[Shropshire Archive reference: PH/W/38/3]

Transcription

GAIUS MANNIUS GAI FILIUS POLLIA TRIBU SECUNDUS POLLENTIA MILES LEGIONIS XX ANNORUM LII STIPENDIORUM XXXI BENEFICIARIUS LEGATI PRO-PRAETORE HIC SITUS EST

Translation

Gaius mannius Secundus, son of Gaius, of the Pollian tribe, from Pollentia, a soldier of the Twentieth Legion, aged 52, of 31 years' service, beneficiarus of the governor, lies here.

[Translation source: Roman Inscriptions of Britain, (Oxford, 1965)]

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