FOUND TN BRITAIN. 357 



DEDIC • PE • ID • MAET 

 IMP # * AUa • COS 



ET 

 OCLATINIO ADVENTO 



(Masson Sist. Crit. 6, p. 215, and Orelli, n. 945.) 



DIANA 



CAEICIANA 



M AVEELIVS CAEICVS 



AQVAEIUS HVIVS LOO 



CVM LIBEETIS ET ALUM: 



NIS 



M • D * * * D • AU& • ET 



DEDIC • IDIB • AVG • 

 OCLATINO • ADVENTO • COS • 



(Muratori, Nov. Thesaur, p. 354, n. 1 ; Vide also Henzen, ii. 6058, 

 and Marini, Atti di Frat. Arvali, pp. 648-9.) 



Muratori, in a note on the last inscription, enquires whether the 

 name should be read COCLATINVS or OCLATINUS, and decides 

 in favour of the latter ; but from the second inscription, compared with 

 that on the Eisingham tablet, I am inclined to prefer OCLATINIVS. 

 Eor other notices of this individual, compare Herodian, ITisf. iv. 12 

 and 14 ; and Dio Cassius, Hist. 78, 14,* who was probably personally 

 acquainted with him, as they were at the same time members of the 

 Senate. Oclatinius Adventus was one of the most remarkable men 

 of his time. He entered the army as a common soldier, serving 

 amongst the Speculatores and Hxploratores, who were held in very 

 low estimation, especially as they had occasionally to discharge the 



* Ed. Eeimar, Hamburgh, 1752, p. 1332. 



