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Monument Number 966521
Hob Uid: 966521
Location : Greater London Authority City and County of the City of London Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ3180081150
Summary : A Roman inscribed tombstone was found on Ludgate Hill in 1669.
More information : (TQ 31808115. Roman tombstone sited to the Guild-Church-of-St-Martin-within-Ludgate from OS 1250 1967 and Auth 1). Large tombstone 83 1/2 inches by 31 1/2 inches. Inscription above, below figure of a soldier. Found 1669 when Wren rebuilt St Martin's Church Ludgate Hill. Now in the Ashmolean Museum. The inscription reads: "D(is) M(anilus) Vivio Marciano leg(ioni) ii. Aug(ustae), Ianuaria Martins coiunx pientissima posuit remoriam". ("In memory of Vivius Marcianus of the Second Augustan Legion; Januaria Martina, his most devoted wife, set up this monument". (1)

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Page(s) : 173
Figs. : 76
Plates : 60
Vol(s) : 1928

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Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Inscribed Stone, Tombstone, Carved Stone
Evidence : Find

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 38 SW 1181
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Monument Number 966521