Wall Mile 6: Benwell

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Wall Mile 6


Hadrian's Wall

  • Description

    Hadrianic construction inscription recording work by the Classis Britannica found 1937 in a granary portico at Benwell fort. This is RIB 1340 which reads Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Traiano / Hadr[ia]n(o) Aug(usto) / A(ulo) Platorio N[epote l]eg(ato) Aug(usti) pr(o) p[r(aetore)] / vexillatio c[lassis] Britan(nicae) or ‘For the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, under Aulus Platorius Nepos, propraetorian legate of the Emperor, a detachment from the Classis Britannica (built this)’.

  • Owner

    The Armatura Press

  • Source

    Flickr (Flickr)

  • License

    What does this mean? CC BY-SA 2.0

  • Further information

    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/83154955@N00/6096233568/
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 hours, 39 minutes ago
    Viewed: 4 times
    Picture Taken: 2011-08-01T10:56:29

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