Tombstones of Facilis and Longinus

These are the tombstones of two Roman Soldiers. The first is of Marcus Favonius Facilis, a centurion of the 20th Legion, while the second is of Longinus Sdapeze, a cavalryman, who originally came from the area of modern day Bulgaria. Both Facilis and Longinus probably came over to Britain with the invading Roman army in AD 43 and died while based at Colchester.