A. D. 1 70. 



'95 



1 70 — The Roman empire in Britain having been carried by the con- 

 quefls of Lollius Urbicus in the north to a height which it never ex- 

 ceeded, but from which about this time it declined, never again to re- 

 cover, it feems proper here to take a view of the principal Roman towns 

 now in this ifland, which, according to the Itinerary of Antoninus, the 

 geography of Ptolemy, and the valuable and curious geographical com- 

 mentaries of Richard of Cirenceller, were the following *. 



now Rof-chejler or Rocheflet\ 



^ J- B M, s Canterbury. 



Cantiopolis, \ -^ 



Rhutupis, c, the ftation of that T 



divilion of the Roman fleet, > Richburgb near Sandwich. 



which guarded the North fea, j 



DuROBROViE, s 

 DUROVERNUM Or 



noviomagus, b m 

 Caleba, b m 



ViNDOMUM, BM, S 



Clausentum, 



Venta Belgarum, b u, s 



sorbiodunum, l 



THERMiE, or AqIJJE SOUS, ( 



DuRiNUM or 7 



DURNOVARIA, ) ' 



IscA Damnoniorum, b m, s 



Venta Silurum, b m, s 



IscA Silurum, c, the quarters of 



the fecond Auguftan legion, 

 muridunum, bm, s 

 Segontium, s 

 Uriconium, bm 

 Deva, c, the quarters of the 7 



twentieth victorious legion, 3 

 corinium, bm, l 

 Glevum Claudia, c 

 Verulamium, m 



LUNDINUM, B M, C f 



Camulodunum, c, the quarters of 

 the twin Martian legion. 



1 



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fome place in Surry. 



Silchejler in Hampfliirc. 



uncertain, 



Southampton, 



IVint-cheJler. 



Old Sarum. 



Bath. ^ 



Dor-chejier. 



Ex-cejler, or Exeter. 

 Caer-Went. 



Caer-Leion. 



Caer-Marthen. 



Caer-Segont near Carnarvon. 



Wrehen-cajler^ or Wroxeter, 



Chejler. 



Ciren-ce/ler. 

 Glo-ceflcr. 

 St. Albans. 

 London. 



Gol-chejler, 



* The BritilTi part of the Itinerary of Anton- 

 inus, has been illuftrated by the labours of Talbot, 

 C'amden, Burton, Gale, Horfeley, Scukeley, and 

 the topographical hiftorlans of almoll every lliirc. 

 Even the incoherent and blundering catalogue of 

 llations in Britain, afcribed to a monk of Ravenna, 

 h»j been laboured upon by Horfeley and Baxter, 



But no commentary has yet been ^ui/i^W upon 

 the more valuable Itinerary contained in the work 

 of Richard. 



f Lundinum wae made a colony, with the name 

 of Augulla, after the time of the hillorian Taci- 

 tus ; but the exact time is u-.iknown. See below 

 A. D. ^60, 368. 



B b 2 



