River Tyne, Roman dedication slab
River Tyne, Roman dedication slab
HER Number
1464
District
Newcastle
Site Name
River Tyne, Roman dedication slab
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Stone
Site Type: Specific
Dedication Stone
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A dedication-slab, 26 x 19 inches, found in 1903 in dredging the north channel of the Swing Bridge, Newcastle, along with HER ref. 1462 & 1463. Inscribed: Imp(eratori) Antoni/no Aug(usto) Pio p(atri) / Pat(riae) uexil(l)atio / leg(ioni) II Aug(ustae) et leg(ioni) / VI Vic(trici) et leg(ioni) / XX V(aleriae) V(ictrici) con(t)r(i)buti ex Ger(maniis) du/obus sub Iulio Ve/ ro leg(ato) Aug(usti) pr(o) p(raetore) - For the Emperor Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of his country, the detachment (of men) contributed from the two Germanies for the Second Legion Augusta and the Sixth Legion Victrix and the Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix, under Julius Verus, emperor's pro-praetorian legate, (set this up). Julius Verus was governor of Britain c.155-159 A.D.
Easting
425190
Northing
563750
Grid Reference
NZ425190563750
Sources
<< HER 1464 >> R.O. Heslop, 1905, A Roman Tablet from the Tyne at Newcastle, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), 72-74
R.O. Heslop, 1904, An Inscribed Slab mentioning the Second, Sixth and Twentieth Legions, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXV, 139-147
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones Newcastle, Northumberland County History, XIII, 544-45, no. 3
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1322
R.O. Heslop, 1904, An Inscribed Slab mentioning the Second, Sixth and Twentieth Legions, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXV, 139-147
G.R.B. Spain, 1930, Inscribed and Sculptured Stones Newcastle, Northumberland County History, XIII, 544-45, no. 3
R.G. Collingwood & R.P. Wright, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, 1322