Plaque

Inscribed stone plaque erected to the memory of EVCARPIUS. We can still see faint traces of the red paint its lettering was picked out in.

The inscription reads:
M AVR EVCARPO FIL PIENTISSIMO VIXIT ANN XV M VI AVR EVC ARPIA MA POSSVIT

Translates as:
To Marcus Aurelius Eucarpus, a most dutiful son who lived fifteen years and six months, Aurelia Eucarpia his mother placed this for him.

London’s population was a mix of classes, ages and cultural backgrounds. Eucarpus, the cognomen (second - family name), implies the family had its origins in Greece.

Tombstones and other markers were erected in cemeteries, but none remain in position. Many were removed in the late Roman period when stone was needed for emergency repairs to the city’s defences.