Plaque

Gaius Classicianus

Inscription

Dis Manibus Civl C F Fab Alpini Classiciani
Parts of the inscription are here lost giving details of his earlier career.
Proc Provinc Britanniae Jvlia Indi Fiilia Pacata Indiana Vxor F

A nearby information board reads:
The inscription above, which is a replica of London's earliest inscribed monument, found close to this spot commemorates Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus procurator (or financial officer) of the province of Britain from 61 to about 65 AD. By his action the province was pacified without vindictive reprisals after the destruction of London during the revolt of Queen Boudicca and the Iceni. The words (from which two lines giving details of his earlier career are missing) were carved on a funeral monument erected in the neighbouring cemetery by his sorrowing wife Julia Pacata.

A London Inheritance has a 1947, or thereabouts, photo of "London's earliest inscribed monument" as it was then, in two sections incorporated into a wall. This post prompted us to search for the location of the original and we found it quickly, at the British Museum

The London Transport Museum has another photo captioned "Close-up of a memorial tablet on Tower Hill. The plaque beside the tablet says that it is a reproduction of a monument erected about 65 A.D. the stones were built into a bastion of the Roman Wall, but originally formed part of a monument in a neighbouring cemetry. The stones were found to the spot of the reproduction, the upper 1852, the lower 1935. The original stones are kept in the British Museum."

Site: Trajan statue, Gaius Classicianus, London Wall Walk (3 memorials)

EC3, Trinity Place

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gaius Classicianus

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Boudicca / Boadicea / Boudica

Queen of the Iceni.  When the Romans arrived in AD 43 her husband, Prasutagus...

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Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus

Procurator (or financial officer) of the province of Britain from 61 to about...

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Julia Pacata

Wife and widow of Gaius Classicianus.

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Gaius Classicianus

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Emperor Trajan statue

Emperor Trajan statue

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London Wall Walk - 2 - Trinity Place

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