Hadrianic construction inscription recording work by the Classis Britannica, in found 1937 in a granary portico at Benwell fort, RIB 1340, Great North Museum, Newcastle
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Description
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) ‘For the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, under Aulus Platorius Nepos, propraetorian legate of the Emperor, a detachment from the Classis Britannica (built this)’. Nepos governed Britain AD 122-about 126. https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1340" rel="noreferrer nofollow">romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1340 -
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What does this mean? CC BY-SA 2.0
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Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41523983@N08/25450133818/
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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