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Name: Marcus Favonius Facilis
Date: 1st C?
Now kept: Colchester Castle Museum (UK)
Publications: A.S.Anderson, Roman Military Tombstones (Aylesbury 1984), p.44
Phillips, E.J. 1975: 'The gravestone of M. Favonius Facilis at Colchester', Britannia 6(1975)2-5.
Findspot: Colchester (Britannia)
References: RIB 200
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Translation: Marcus Favonius Facilis, son of Marcus, of the voting tribe Pollia, centurio of legio XX lies here. Verecundus and Novicius, his freedmen, put (this tombstone) here.
Inscription: M(arcus) Favoni(us) M(arci) f(ilius) Pol(lia) Faci/
lis |(centurio) leg(ionis) XX Verecund/
us et Novicius lib(erti) posu/
erunt h(ic) s(itus) e(st)

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Unit: Legio XX Valeria Victrix
Rank: Legionary officer
Now kept: Colchester
Style: Full length
Status: good images - good info
Last updated: Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Comments: Photos © Mark Martin.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

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