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Name: Marcus Aurelius Nepos
Date:
Now kept: Grosvenor Museum, Chester (UK)
Publications: R.P.Wright and I.A.Richmond, Catalogue of the Roman Inscribed and Sculptured Stones in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester (Chester 1955), 37.
Findspot: Chester / Deva (Britannia)
References: RIB 491
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Inscription

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Inscription: D(is) M(anibus) /
M(arcus) Aur(elius) Nepos |(centurio) leg(ionis) /
XX V(aleriae) v(ictricis) coniu(n)x /
pientissima f(aciendum) c(uravit) /
vix(it) annis L
Translation: To the spirits of the departed
Marcus Aurelius Nepos, centurion of Legio XX VALUESeria Victrix (lies here). His very pious wife had this erected. He was 50 years of age.

Comments

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Unit: Legio XX Valeria Victrix
Rank: Legionary officer
Now kept: Chester
Style: Full length
Status: fair images - insufficient info
Last updated: Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Comments: Photos © Sion McElveen.
Transcription taken from the site of Prof.M.Clauss.

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