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[[Simplicia Florentina]] was a 10 month old Roman citizen girl who died in the 3rd century AD in Roman Britain. Her father, Felicius Simplex, buried her in a stone coffin. The coffin is now in the Yorkshire Museum in the United Kingdom.<ref>https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/690</ref><ref>https://archive.is/wip/uM6gw</ref> |
[[Simplicia Florentina]] was a 10 month old Roman citizen girl who died in the 3rd century AD in Roman Britain. Her father, Felicius Simplex, buried her in a stone coffin. The coffin is now in the Yorkshire Museum in the United Kingdom.<ref>https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/690</ref><ref>https://archive.is/wip/uM6gw</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:56, 14 April 2024
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Memorial to Simplicia Florentina, Yorkshire Museum, United Kingdom.
Simplicia Florentina was a 10 month old Roman citizen girl who died in the 3rd century AD in Roman Britain. Her father, Felicius Simplex, buried her in a stone coffin. The coffin is now in the Yorkshire Museum in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
Translated, the inscription on the coffin reads:
To the spirits of the departed (and) of Simplicia Florentina, a most innocent soul, who lived ten months; her father, Felicius Simplex, made this: centurion of the Sixth Legion Victrix. [3][4]