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placed at the intersection of important strategic roads, so as to 
cover every possible want in the matter of providing ready and 
efficient help in all dangers that might threaten both the eastern 
and western ends of the Wall. In short, his organisation would be 
military rather than political, and its centre was evidently Eburacum, 
the legionary headquarters. A glance at a road map will show 
how perfect these arrangements were on both hands. 
The road running northward from Eburacum divides at Catarac- 
tonium. One part—lIter. 1—pursues its northward course, crosses 
the Tees (ad Tisam) at Piercebridge (Magee ?), and soon arrives at 
the important strategic centre Vinovia, (Binchester on Wear), 
whence the road runs to Chester-le-Street (Epiacum ?) on the one 
hand, and to Lanchester (Longovicum ?) on the other, each of 
these places in turn becoming the centre of a series of roads 
communicating with various points on the eastern half of the wall. 
Returning to Cataractonium, the second part of the road—lIters. 
2 and 5—crosses Stainmore, successively passing Lavatre (Bowes) 
and Verterz (Brough), till it arrives at Braboniacum, which has 
been identified with the modern Kirkby Thore. As on the eastern 
branch, so on this western, a number of strategic roads break away 
covering the western half of the Wall, as those on the east covered 
the eastern half. Thus, the first road radiating from Kirkby Thore 
was the Maiden Way, vid Whitley Castle (Fanocedi?) to Magna, 
then—Iter. 2 and 5—via Brocavum and Voreda to Luguvallum, 
and lastly via Whitbarrow, thus communicating by a series of 
strategic points with all the most assailable portion of the command 
of the Duke of Britain, i.e., from Birdoswald to Moresby. 
We have then first to fix the names of the stations from 
Amboglanna up to and including Moresby. In all there are at 
least twelve camps. These camps are Lanercost, Castlesteads, 
Brampton, Watchcross, Stanwix, Burgh, Drumburgh, Bowness, 
Skinburness, Malbrey, Maryport, and Moresby. Now some of 
these stations are of much less importance than others, hence, 
according to the ideas already advanced, they would not have 
Notitia names. Thus, Watcheross is favoured as a Notitia station 
by Lysons, Horsley, Wright, and Mc.Lauchlan alone. Dr. Bruce 
