Museum at Bath: Roman Gravestone of Vitellius [First Century AD]

Amorella here. The bits of history below are not my idea but orndorff enjoys looking up and disgorging such facts. This was also his nature when the Merlyn books were being written. In the books if the reader finds subjects of interest and Google’s them, sheorhe will probably be reading the same knowledgeable bits of entertainments orndorff did. Curiosity of this sort, one does take with herorhim, at least in the books scribed by me [through Richard]. Here is a quote and source from Google:

"Roman gravestone of Vitellius  [First Century AD]

This reads Lucius Vitellius Tancinus, son of Mantaius, a citizen of Caurium in Spain, horseman of the cavalry regiment of Vettones, Roman citizens, aged 46, of 26 years service, lies here.

Caurium is in western Spain, in the region of the pre-Roman tribe of Vettones, from which Vitellius' regiment was recruited. The cavalry units of the army were auxiliaries and were not usually recruited from Roman citizens, but this inscription states specifically that this regiment was.

Found in 1736 near the Guildhall, in central Bath.    

Height: 1550 mm.”

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I can’t help it, Amorella. Google and other search engines, plus Encyclopedia Britannica are a marvel. I read my first encyclopedia in junior high for the pure joy of it. If I remember right, it was my Grandfather Orndorff’s new Collier Encyclopedia, twenty volumes (1953-55 era). I would borrow one or two deep red colored volumes at a time, starting with the A’s. It was great for junior high and high school students in the fifties. (I probably didn’t read all the volumes as one would a novel but I skimmed over each page looking for major articles to dive into which I then did as I trolled along.)

You are thinking you did not remember anything from those books, but that is not the case. Your memory of facts is encased in feelings, in emotions first then memory. Plus, it focused your mind on cataloging, which is what you still do. Loving to learn new things is a spiritual value in my book orndorff, again, whether you agree or not. – Amorella.