Insus, son of Vodullus, Roman cavalryman's memorial stone
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Insus, son of Vodullus, Roman cavalryman's memorial stone
Image: © Karl and Ali Taken: 7 Jan 2011
Excavated on Aldcliffe Road, Lancaster in November, 2005 by Manchester University Archaeology Unit and now housed in Lancaster Museum http://collections.lancsmuseums.gov.uk/narratives/narrative.php?irn=95 The memorial inscription reads: DIS MANIBVS INSVS VODVLLI [ ]IVS CIVE TREVER EQVES ALAE AVG [ ] VICTORIS CVRATOR DOMITIA [ ]* This translates as: 'To the shades of the dead. Insus son of Vodullus, citizen of the Treveri, cavalryman of the ala Augusta, troop of Victor, curator. Domitia his heir had this set up'.
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Image Location
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54.048589
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-2.801498