118 NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS 



tions from ancient authors. Amongst the most obvious are, Virgil, 

 ^n., ill, 360, " Que tripodas, Clarii lauros, qui sidera sentis," and 

 Tacitus, Ann. ii, 54, "Relegit Asiam appellitque Colophona, ut Clarii 

 Apollinis oraculo uteretur." Dr. Bruce, in the third edition, retains 

 the reading clari and the translation " illustrious," observing in a note 

 on the word: — '' Dr. McCaul prefers reading ^Clarii,' from the well 

 known epithet which Apollo derived from Clarus in Ionia." It is, I 

 think, but reasonable, under the circumstances, to ask Dr. Bruce for 

 authority to prove the application of the epithet cZ(2rMs = " illustrious" 

 to Apollo, especially in connexion with one of his oracles. 



79. I now proceed to consider some other inscriptions that have 

 appeared in "The Roman Wall," for the first time in the 3d edition. 



(a) In p. 211, an altar is figured, which bears the following inscrip- 

 tion : — 



FORTVNAE 



P R 



C. IVL RALTICVS LEG VI VIC 



Dr. Bruce expands and translates it thus : 



" FortuncB populi Eomani 0. Jul. Ralticus [C] leg. VI. Vic. To the Fortune 

 of the Roman people Caius Julius Ralticus, a centurion of the sixth legion the 

 victorious." 



This expansion is the same as that given by Horsley. I am not satis- 

 fied with it. I prefer Fortimse Pnmigenise, or, possibly, Frsenestinse. 

 I am inclined to think that the name was not Ralticus., but Bseticus. 

 i. e., that the third letter was E, not L. There is no ground for sup- 

 plyino' centuriu. Where the rank is not stated, it may be assumed that 

 miles is omitted, of which examples are not rare. 



(b) In p. 234, a stone is figured that bears the following inscription : 



ID-MSALVTE 

 PERVICAE FILIAE. 



Dr. Bruce expands and translates it thus : — 



" Biis Manibuspro salute Pervicce fiilce. To the Divine Manes for the welfare 

 of Pervica, our daughter." 



To me it seems more probable that the letters before salute were 

 MD.M, i.e., Magnse Deorum Matri, or, possibly, ID.M, i. e., Ida^ce 

 Matri. See Canadian Journal, x. p. 97. Pervica seems to have been 

 sick, and this stone was set up for the recovery of her health. 



