126 ON ITER XV. OF THE ITINERARY OF ANTONINUS. 



tance from the last station on the line, Sorbiodunum, not seem- 

 ing to prohibit the view of the probability of the lost station 

 being here found ; the nature and extent of the Roman remains 

 being at the same time consistent ; Sir Eichard had no hesitation 

 in identifying this site with Vindogladia, whose real place had 

 been so long undetermined ;* the problem had now apparently 

 reached its demonstration, and antiquaries have accepted the 

 solution without, as I know, a dissentient voice. 



Such then being the general opinion, it might appear almost 

 presumptuous to take any contrary view ; but the interests of 

 archaeological science will always justify a departure from the 

 beaten path of opinion for fields of new enquiry. 



It occurs to me that the difficulty of adjusting the distances 

 in Iter xv. to the actual admeasurement may be obviated in a 

 simple manner, doing but little violence to the original notation, 

 and without the necessity of supposing the omission of an inter- 

 mediate station. This I propose to do by the replacement of a 

 single numeral which has been conjecturally lost from the text. 

 If, for instance, we suppose the omission of x. (ten) in the 

 distance between Sorbiodunum and Vindogladia we should have 

 Sor-biodunum 

 Vindogladia, xxii. 



Now it is a fact, that the distance of 21 A English or 23 J 

 Eoman miles takes us exactly to Badbury Eings ; and that 1 8f 

 English or 20J Eoman miles take us from Badbury to Dorches- 

 ter. 



Now, then, we have adjusted the distances of the Iter without 

 the need of interpolating a conjectural station, simply by supply- 

 ing a lost numeral. 



Sorbiodunum 



Vindogladia (Badbury) xxiii. 



Durnovaria xxj. 



Total xxxxiii 



* "Ancient Wilts,' 1 by Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart., Vol. 2, 1821. 



