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[[File:GKzgpzDXYAAlYBm.jpeg|thumb|Memorial to Simplicia Florentina, Yorkshire Museum, United Kingdom.]]
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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, had a memorial to her made. The memorial is now in the Yorkshire Museum in the United Kingdom.
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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>
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Translated, the inscription on the coffin reads:
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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.
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== References ==

Latest revision as of 02:03, 14 April 2024

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]

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