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Arbeia - Inscription

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IMP CAES DIVI SEVER NEPOS DIVI MGNI ANTONINI FIL M AVREL SEVERVS ..................... PIVS FELIX AVG PONTIF MAX TRIB POT PP COS AQVAM VISBVS MIL COH V GALLO IN DVXIT CVRATE MRIO VALERIANO LEG EIVS PR PR Translation:- The Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, grandson of the deified Severus, son of Antoninus the Great, pontifex maximus, with tribunician power, father of his country, consul, brought in this supply of water for the use of the soldiers of the Fifth Cohort of Gauls, under the charge of Marius Valerianus, his propraetorian legate. RIB 1060 - Aqueduct dedication to Severus Alexander dated 222AD The presence of the Gallic infantry unit, Cohors V Gallorum, at South Shields is attested in this dedicatory inscription dated to 222AD, which celebrates the completion of the new fort aqueduct (vide supra).