be dated either to AD 79, the year Vespasian died (he would not have been referred to as divus until after his death) and Titus had his seventh consulship, or to AD 81 (by altering the various numerals). The reference to his brother Domitian was defaced, as were most inscriptions referring to him, after damnatio memoriae was pronounced on him in 96. Publication The inscription has been published as: L'Année épigraphique (AE) 1957, 169 Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB) 3123 See also St Albans Museums References Latin inscriptions Roman archaeology Forum 1st-century inscriptions 1st-century establishments in Roman Britain