Marble of Thorigny

The Marble of Thorigny is the base of a sandstone statue (not marble) discovered in Vieux (not in Thorigny), located in the Calvados department of Normandy. The inscriptions carved on it describe the political career of a high-ranking Gallo-Roman figure, Titus Sennius Sollemnis, "one of the few notable individuals known in the Armorican part of Gallia Lugdunensis," according to Pascal Vipard.

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Marble of Thorigny

The Marble of Thorigny is the base of a sandstone statue (not marble) discovered in Vieux (not in Thorigny), located in the Calvados department of Normandy. The inscriptions carved on it describe the political career of a high-ranking Gallo-Roman figure, Titus Sennius Sollemnis, "one of the few notable individuals known in the Armorican part of Gallia Lugdunensis," according to Pascal Vipard.

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