Context (References)
Camden, W. Britannia. 1600, ed. 5, 658.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Gale, T. Antonini iter Bitanniarum. Ed. R. Gale. 1709, 41.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Display)
Ex Cotton Collection. Old exhibition label in archive
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Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Exhibition label from 1980s Clarke Gallery reads: 'Altar to the goddess Fortuna, dedicated by Virius Lupus, Imperial Propraetorian Legate (senior cavalry commander) upon the restoration of a bath-house destroyed by fire for the 1st Cohort of the Thracians (infantry auxiliaries from south-eastern Europe) by Valerius Fronto, cavalry prefect of the Vettonian Squadron (mounted auxiliaries from Spain), AD 197. Bowes, County Durham.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Horsley, J. Britannia Romana. 1732, 304.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society Report, I cf. p. 352.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. 1863. Vii, Inscriptiones Britanniae Latinae, ed. Aemilius Huener. Berline, 1873, vii 273.
Event Date 1863
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Collingwood, R. G. and Wright, R. P. (1965). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Vol 1: Inscriptions on Stone. Clarendon Press: London . Number 730.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Inscription)
Collingwood and Wright translation of inscription reads: 'To the goddess Fortune Virius Lupus, imperial propraetorian legate, restored this bath-house, burnt by the violence of fire, for the First Cohort of Thracians; Valerius Fronto, calvary prefect of the Calvary Squadron of Vettonians, had charge of the work.' See Collingwood and Wright for transcription.
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
'Altar, sides now inaccessible. Found before 1600 at Bowes.' (Collingwood and Wright 1965)
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Altar dedicated to the goddess Fortuna by the governor Virius Lupus
Event Date 1970
Author: maa