{On the left:}
NVM+AVGG
DEOMARTICA
MVLO+TIBERINI
VSCELERIANUS
C+BELL
MORITIX
LONDINIENSI
VM
MVS
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This 2nd or 3rd century plaque, given by a citizen of Beavais in France, was found here by archaeologists in 2004. It is the earliest known monumental inscription to name London.
It reads:
To the divinities of the emperors and the god Mars Camulus, Tiberinius Celerianus, citizen of the Bellovaci, Moritix, the first of Londoners dedicated this.
A discusses the meaning of the mysterious title "Moritix Londiniensi".
Interestingly this Roman tablet and the lower part of the nearby King Alfred statue are made of Bath stone thought to have come from the same quarry.
Sources include: .
Site: earliest known mention of Londinium (1 memorial)
SE1, Empire Square / Tabard Square
The plaque shows in our photo as a dark grey oblong in the paving.
This is the sort of object more often found within the City of London. There is a partial explanation for its location at , which has a photo of the original, captioned "Found in excavation at Tabard Street ..., lying in a pit between two Romano-Celtic temples, where it had apparently been buried deliberately underneath a tile."
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