Antonine Wall Legionary distance slabs – Found at Hutcheson Hill, Bearsden 1865

Found at Hutcheson Hill, Bearsden 1865

IMP C T AEL HADRIANO ANTONINO AVG PIO P P VEX LEG XX V V FEC P P III  

Translates as ” For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of this Country , a detachment of the Twentieth Valerian and Victorius Legion completed (the Wall) over a distance of 3000 feet”

RIB- 2198 – This slab was taken to North America after its discovery and was destroyed by fire in 1871 – it is only known from casts.

date: 139-61  

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