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English:
The Bridgeness Slab from George MacDonald's The Roman Wall in Scotland. The inscription in the centre panel reads "
Imp CaesTito Aelio / Hadri Antonino Aug Pio p p legII Aug / per m p ĪĪĪĪ DCLII / FEC
", which when expanded reads as "
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Tito Aelio Hadri(ano) Antonino/ Aug(usto) Pio p(atri) p(atriae) leg(io) II Aug(usta) per m(ilia) p(assuum) IIII(milia)DCLII fec(it)
". In English this translates as "For the Emperor Caesar
Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
, Father of his Country, the Second Augustan Legion completed [the Wall] over a distance of 4652
paces
".
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| Date | |
| Source | https://archive.org/stream/romanwallinscotl00macduoft#page/148/mode/2up |
| Author | George MacDonald |
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