YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BLACK BRITISH HISTORY ANCIENT BRITAIN
If you visit Arbeia South Shields Roman Fort, which once guarded the main eastern sea route to Hadrian’s Wall, it will not be long before you encounter Victor. Or, at least, you will encounter a memorial to Victor: he has been dead for around 1,900 years, and time has not been overly kind to his rather grand tombstone since half of his likeness has long been destroyed.
Still, there he is in sandstone form:Or, if not that, Victor must have been held in great affection by whoever commissioned the tombstone.
