ROMAN KEMAINS IN BATH. 103 



In 1795, in the Sydney Gardens, was found another 

 monumental stone, erected to the memory of " Caiiis Cal- 

 purnius," a priest to the Goddess Sul, who died at the age 

 of seventy-five, erected by bis Avife, " Calpurnia Trifosa 

 Threpte," as Mr. Lysons restores the imperfect word. 

 The word " RECEPT VS " occm-s in this inscription, 

 which may be read either as a part of the personal appel- 

 lative, or in conjunction with SACERDOS, an " ad- 

 mitted " priest of the deity. Thus we find a monument 

 to the memory of a priest of the goddess, whose temple 

 had form'erly adomed the Roman city. 



It is hardly necessary to remark, that the places of se- 

 pultiire of the ancient Romans were outside the city walls. 

 Previous to the publication of the Twelve Tables, it was 

 customary to burn, or inter, the bodies of the departed 

 within the city walls ; but as tliis custom was both incon- 

 venient and dangerous, one article of this code expressly 

 forbade it. And this law did not regard Rome alone, but 

 extended itself to every city of the empire. Hence the 

 Romans adopted the custom of buryiug their dead, and 

 performing funeral obsequies without their towns, erecting 

 the sepulchres by the side of the public high ways. These 

 funeral remains will therefore most probably indicate the 

 direction of some of the great highways to the city. 



cordance with bis will, have caused this moQument to be erected. He is 

 laid here." 



Another similar monument, found at Caer-leon, has the formula slightly 

 varied : 



DM IVL IVLIANVS 



MIL. LEG. II. AVG. STIP. 



XVIII. AN N O R XL 



HIC SITVS EST 



CVRA AGENT E 



AMANDA 



C N J V G E. 



