- the stone I'm talking about is RIB 2193:
https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/2193
It says
"For the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, father of his country, the Second Legion Augusta (built this) for a distance of 3,666½ paces."
John Carlos Baez
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