286 



yet he did not wholly neglect this remote western province. 

 But why he should distinguish Eburacum above every other 

 station in the province, either by adorning or by fortifying it, is 

 one of several enquiries respecting the early history of Ebura- 

 cum, suggested by this interesting relic, to which no satisfac- 

 tory answer can be given. 



OOv 



