Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 24

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Tombstone of Legion II Adiutrix Pia Fidelis. Rectangular slab with round headline, broken below.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 1891

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 35 inches; width 31 inches

Inscription: G IVVENTIVS / G CLA CAPITO / APRO MIL LEG II / AD P F C IVLI CLE / MENTIS ANN XI / STIP VII
G(aius) Iuventius G(ai filius) Cla(udia tribu) Capito Apro mil(es) leg(ionis) II Ad(iutricis) P(iae) F(idelis) c(enturia) Iuli Clementis ann(orum) xl stip(endiorum) [.]vii
Gaius Juventius Capito, sone of Gaius, of the Claudian voting-tribe, from Aprus, soldier in the Second Legion Adiutrix, in the century of Julius Clemens; aged 40 years, and of 7 (or 17) years service...
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