Gravestone of Julia Secundina

On his retirement from the legion, Julius Valens started a new life close to the fortress, possibly because he had formed an attachment with a local woman. He allegedly survived to the age of 100 (see next photo). His wife died aged 75, and is commemorated on this stone, set up by their son Gaius Julius Martinus.

D(is) M(anibus) et
memoriae
Iuliae Secundi/nae
matri pi/issime
vixit an/nis
LXXV G(aius) Iul(ius)
Martinus fil(ius)
f(aciendum) c(uravit)

‘To the spirits of the departed and the memory of Julia Secundina, his devoted mother, (who) lived 75 years, Gaius Julius Martinus, her son, had this set up.

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