Bridgeness Slab
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The Bridgeness Slab is a Roman distance slab created around 142 CE marking a portion of the Antonine Wall built by the Second Legion. It is regarded as the most detailed and best preserved of the Scot
Suovetaurilia on the right panel of the Bridgeness Slab
The Bridgeness Slab in 1911, before repairs.
Suovetaurilia
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The suovetaurilia or suovitaurilia was one of the most sacred and traditional rites of Roman religion: the sacrifice of a pig, a sheep and a bull to the deity Mars to bless and purify land.
Bridgeness Slab
…Roman depiction of natives is consistent with other slabs like the ones from Balmuildy and Westerwood. On the right panel is a depiction of the suovetaurilia, a ceremony undertaken before important campaigns or in this case before the wall was built. The arch top of a temple is depicted. Four soldiers are…
The suovetaurilia was an ancient Roman sacrifice where in which a pig, sheep, and a bull were sacrificed.
Suovetaurilia in a military setting, from Trajan's Column