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| Keywords: hadrian's hadrians wall hadrians' wall national trail hadrianswallnationaltrail roman frontier limes northumberland central sector centralsector hwfeed inscription milecastle woodcut blackandwhite monochrome black and white Inscription (RIB 1638) from Milecastle 38 (Hotbank) recording the fact that the Wall was built under the governor Platorius Nepos for Hadrian, not Severus as had long been thought. This forms a pair with RIB 1637, found in two places and assumed to have come from the same site. The inscription reads: Imp(eratori) Caes(aris) Traian(i) / Hadrian(i) Aug(usti) / Leg(io) II Aug(usta) / A(ulo) Platorio Nepote leg(ato) pr(o) pr(aetore) – This work of the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, (was built by) the Second Legion Augusta under Aulus Platorius Nepos, propraetorian legate. Scanned from the 1921 8th edition of the Handbook to the Roman Wall. Inscription (RIB 1638) from Milecastle 38 (Hotbank) recording the fact that the Wall was built under the governor Platorius Nepos for Hadrian, not Severus as had long been thought. This forms a pair with RIB 1637, found in two places and assumed to have come from the same site. The inscription reads: Imp(eratori) Caes(aris) Traian(i) / Hadrian(i) Aug(usti) / Leg(io) II Aug(usta) / A(ulo) Platorio Nepote leg(ato) pr(o) pr(aetore) – This work of the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, (was built by) the Second Legion Augusta under Aulus Platorius Nepos, propraetorian legate. Scanned from the 1921 8th edition of the Handbook to the Roman Wall. | ||||
