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residence of the Roman Commander, extends 168 feet north 
and south, by 136 east and west. Besides this, there are other 
considerable ranges of building, comprising besides offices, a 
bath establishment, and a detached building in the midst of 
the enclosure, believed to have been a temple, in which were 
found votive tablets inscribed to an unknown, but supposed 
British deity named “ Nodens” or “ Nodons,” for it,tis spelt 
both ways. The remains of tesselated pavements still existing 
in some of the apartments of the principal building, were laid 
open for inspection. But unfortunately for the preservation 
of this interesting structure, it was long neglected and left 
open to the diggings and grubbings of relic-hunters, until 
Mr. Bensamin Batuourst, early in the present century, took the 
subject in hand, and preserved to posterity all that can now be 
known of this relic of Roman occupation. 
The series of coins which have been discovered on the site 
found a worthy collector and interpreter in Miss Cuar.orrTe 
Baruurst, who arranged and catalogued them seventy years 
ago. These coins range from. Aucustus to Honorivs, that is, 
during the whole period of the Roman Empire, embracing a 
term of 400-years. Of the Emperors Aveustus, Nero, GALBA 
and Vire.uius, there are but few—one or two of each—but 
with Vespasian, who died A.D. 69, they become plentiful, thus 
demonstrating clearly the early occupation of the station. 
It is probable that the establishment of the station at 
Lydney dates from the construction of the “ Via Julia,” which 
is believed to have been the work either of Juzrvs AGricoza or 
of his successor Junius Frontinus, which would accord very 
well with the date of the coins. Agricoza was resident in 
Britain from A.D. 78 to A.D. 84. The “Via Julia” appears to 
have followed the line of the British Ryknield Street from 
“Glevum ” (Gloucester) to “Venta Silurum” (Caerwent.) It 
has been partially traced by the late Mr. Ormerop in its course 
past Lydney and Aylburton. The intermediate connection 
between this main line of road and the station at Lydney is 
now lost; but there is said to have been a line of way down 
the hollow between the two camps which may well have been 
