scrapironflotilla:Lieutenant Commander Ernest Gardiner R.N.V.R. working on the ancient marble memori
scrapironflotilla:Lieutenant Commander Ernest Gardiner R.N.V.R. working on the ancient marble memorial plaque praising the virtues of Manius Salarius Sabinus for his benefactions. Sabinus is recorded as having sold grain at low prices during times of famine and supplying the Roman Army with provisions at cheap rates. The plaque was discovered by the 8th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers whilst digging trenches on part of the Birdcage Line defences between the villages of Aivatli and Laina on the Macedonian Front, April 1916. In peace time Gardiner had been director of the British school at Athens (1887-1895) and Professor of Archaeology at the University of London (1896-1902). Gardiner is here seen working in the White Tower on the waterfront of Salonika. This building was used as the initial home for the British Salonika Force archaeological collection. -- source link
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