page_title: Coria (Corbridge)
section_title: Tombstone of Flavinus, Roman Standard Bearer
hierarchical_section_title: Coria (Corbridge) / Tombstone of Flavinus, Roman Standard Bearer
caption_attribution_description: English: Tombstone of Flavinus, Roman Standard Bearer - detail. See 646986.
context_page_description: Coria was a fort and town 2.5 miles south of Hadrian's Wall, in the Roman province of Britannia at a point where a big Roman north–south road bridged the River Tyne and met another Roman road, which ran east–west between Coria and Luguvalium in the Solway Plain. The full Latin name is uncertain. In English, it is known as Corchester or Corbridge Roman Site as it sits on the edge of the village of Corbridge in the English county of Northumberland. It is in the guardianship of English Heritage and is partially exposed as a visitor attraction, including a site museum.
context_section_description: Work on Hexham Abbey in 1881 brought to light a Roman funerary monument in the stonework of the south porch of the transept. An elaborately carved stone (now on display in the abbey) shows a standard-bearer in the Roman cavalry riding down a barbarian: its inscription shows it to commemorate Flavinus, an officer in the ala Petriana who died aged 25 after seven years' service. The ala Petriana is known to have been stationed at Corbridge, and the slab is thought to date to the late first century and to have once stood in the military cemetery near the fort there.
caption: Tombstone of Flavinus, a Roman Standard Bearer, on display in Hexham Abbey.
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