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    VINDOLANDA TABLET 893 A CENTURION'S ANGER

    Jul 07, 2023 2 minutes

    he tablet, only found in 2017, dates to the AD 90s, one of the earlier phases of occupation at Vindolanda. The text is a letter written to Julius Verecundus, the then-prefect (commander) at Vindolanda, by a man named Caecilius Secundus – a figure otherwise unknown within the context of the Roman frontier zone in Britain, perhaps a prefect based at another fort. The letter primarily concerns

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