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On the authority of Suetonius, whose words we here quote, we shall attempt to supply the deficient part of the inscription.
Suetonius' account of the death of Domitian, as given in his Cæsars, Chap. 23rd viz.:—
"Contra Senatus adeo laetatus est, ut, repleta certatim curia, non temperaret quin mortuum contumeliosissimo atque acerbissimo acclamationum genere laceraret; Scalas etiam inferri, clypeosque et imagines ejus corum detrahi et ibidem solo affligi juberet: novissume, eradendos ubique titulos, abolendamque omnem memoriam decernaret."
Hence Domitian's inscriptions were destroyed.
Above Inscription restored.
AVGVSTO] PP [GERMANICO
PONTIFMAX] CH IF VA RD
[PRAE] BALLIS ASOLORE T
SVBCLAPLoLINIoLEG AVG
INSTANTEAVRQVINTOTRB
Translation of the restored Inscription.
In the Emperorship of Domitian Augustus Caesar Germanicus Sovereign Pontiff—the Prætor's Bailiff—an appointed veteran chosen at Rome—faithful to his orders rebuilt this Camp from the foundation under Appius Claudius Lolinius, the Imperial Lieutenant, at the urgent request of Aurelius Quintus the Tribune.
☞ In these Inscriptions neither Bremenium nor the Varduli are mentioned.
Note.—Having now satisfactorily proved that the discovery of Bremenium at High Rochester is not supported either by the Itinerary or the exhumed Inscriptions at the Roman Camp, I hope the members of the Archæological Society will, in future, be more guarded in publishing unfounded discoveries, and less ready to offer insult to individuals, however obscure their residence, or humble their condition, who try to explain inscriptions.
