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THE ROMAN ALTAR AT ROCHESTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWCASTLE JOURNAL.
Sir,—Mr. Smith, in his letter of the 14th, does not appear to be aware that the First Cohort of the Varduli is mentioned on two altars found many years ago at Rochester (Bremenium), both of which are given in Hodgson's valuable History of Northumberland, part 2, vol. 1, p. 140-141, and in the first of them occurs the abbreviation—P reversed and joined to R[errata 1], as on that lately discovered at the same place, (not R R as given in Mr. Smith's letter), which, I believe, is correctly interpreted Proprætores.
I remain, Sir, yours faithfully,
Wallington, October 14th, 1852.
Note.—(The abbreviations referred to by Sir Walter Trevelyan were correctly given by Mr. Smith, but there are no letters in modern use calculated to denote them. An R with a P reversed on the left side of it is the character used by the Romans on the altar.)
Note.—The abbreviations alluded to stand for either Quæstor or Prætor.—Editor.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWCASTLE JOURNAL.
Sir,—I herewith inclose an inscription found on a monument exhumed at Rochester in the last week of September, which I traced with my own hand on Saturday last, and can, therefore, vouch for its correctness. The stone is much worn and obliterated, and requires the more care in obtaining a correct copy.
I will deposit the translation I shall make of it where it can be compared with the translation of others, as they appear, and that which is considered most correct adopted. Until then, it will be just as well to avoid discussion.
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