Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 41

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Tombstone of Legion XX Valeria Victrix. Rectangular tombstone with plain raised border, with very large letters; broken into six fragments.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (East), Chester

Date: 1887

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 51 inches; width 42 inches

Inscription: DIS M / L ECIMIVS / BELLICIANVS / VITALIS VET R / LEG XX VV / HIC SEP L
Dis M(anibus) L Ecimius Bellicianus Vitalis, vet(e)r(anus) leg(ionis) XX V(aleriae) V(ictricis) hic sep(e)l(itus)
To the departed spirits, Lucius Ecimius Bellicianus Vitalis, veteran of the Twentieth Legion, lies buried here.
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