l6o THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF WAREHAM. 



itself, with a life-long acquaintance and deeply-rooted love for 

 the ancient British fortress, have studied carefully its chequered 

 history, can, as they contemplate the many indisputable evidences, 

 realise to any extent what Wareham's pristine size, strength, and 

 importance actually was. Whilst sitting upon the ruined fortifi- 

 cations quietly meditating on what has been, and reviewing the 

 long, fierce, and bloody conflicts, the centuries of miseries and 

 misfortunes from which Wareham derived her unique history, 

 the appropriate words suggest themselves Sic transit gloria 

 mundi. 



