People – Romans in Scotland

Gaius Cossutius Saturninus – African

From Roman Africa to Hadrian’s Wall More than 2,000 kilometres separate the warm Mediterranean coast of Algeria from the windswept…

For a few years in the early AD 140s, Quintus Lollius Urbicus was probably the most powerful man in Britain.…

Here’s the Valerius Nigrinus you can actually pin down in Britain: Who? A Roman auxiliary cavalryman named Valerius Nigrinus, recorded…

Gaius Arrius Domitianus is securely attested only in Scotland, at Newstead/Trimontium (Scottish Borders), where he turns up four times as…

Here’s the man, straight from the stone: Who: Nectovelius, son of Vindex (Nectovelius f(ilius) Vindicis). What: a funerary inscription (tombstone)…

Here’s what we can say securely about Lucius Minthonius Tertullus—and about where the Minthonius name shows up more widely. Attestations…

A tombstone from Shirva near Auchendavy commemorates Flavius Lucianus, a miles of Legio II Augusta. Latin text (very brief): “D(is)…

Marcus Cocceius Firmus was a centurion of Legio II Augusta. He’s best known from a cluster of altars he personally…

Here are attested inscriptions for people named Marcus Ulpius Januarius / M. Ulpius Ianuarius, grouped by (Roman) province. I’ve included…

To the god Silvanus Lucius Tanicius Verus, prefect, gladly, willingly, and deservedly fulfilled his vow. This man may have been…

This person served at Castlehill Roman Fort, north of Glasgow. The family name Pisentius is rare but clusters strongly in…

The following gravestone was found on the Antonine Wall Gravestone of Salamanes A funerary inscription for the fifteen-year-old Salmanes was…