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Rufus Sita Tombstone The Rufus Sita Tombstone (RIB 121) is the marker of the grave of Rufus Sita, a Roman soldier from the mid 1st Century AD, found near London Road, Gloucester, in 1824.
The tombstone is of a type typically used for Roman soldiers, depicting a horseman spearing a foe on the ground with an epitaph below stating the age and service of the deceased, his origins and who placed the tombstone.
According to the tombstone, Rufus Sita was a horseman of the Sixth Cohort of Thracians, who died aged 40 after 22 years service. His heirs arranged to have the tombstone made in accordance with the wishes in his Will. The Sixth Cohort was one of the Roman military units stationed at Gloucester, or Glevum as it was then known.

The Latin inscription on the tombstone reads:
RVFVS · SITA · EQVES · CHO · VI
TRACVM · ANN · XL · STIP · XXII
HEREDES · EXS · TEST · F · CVRAVE
H. S. E.
or:
Rufus Sita, eques Cohortis VI
Thracum, annorum XL, stipendiorum XXII.
Heredes ex testamento faciendum curaverunt.
Hic situs est.

Surroundings:

Hemsted

Hemsted

Over

Roman Rd

Roman Rd

Roman Rd

Churchdown

Buckholt

Painswick Hill (or Kimsbury) camp

Great Witcombe Roman Villa

Mosaic floor at Great Witcombe Roman Villa

Latrine at Great Witcombe Roman Villa

Hypocaust floor

Painswick

Museum

Location:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Gloucester
geo:51.863434,-2.244469
Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

Museum
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=12197

Annotations

Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery

Brunswick Road
Gloucester
GL1 1HP
Tel: 01452 396131

http://www.gloucester.gov.uk/citymuseum

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