FOUND IN BRITAIN. 133 



As I have cited the epitaph of Dag^ald, I may mention, in emenda- 

 tion of Dr. Bruce's expansion, that the Latinity of miles Pannonice 

 in the sense '-a soldier of Pannonia" is, as I have already remarked, 

 objectionable. It is probable that on the missing portion of the stone 

 was COH-I, i. e., COH-I-PAN, the first cohort of Pannonians, which, 

 we know from one of Trajan's diplomas, was in Britain in 106. 



(ii) In p. 147, a slab is figured, that was found in the ruins of the 

 ancient bridge across the North Tyne. Unfortunately, only a very 

 small portion of the inscription remains : 



EA.V. EST**** 

 RANTEAELIO 

 LONGING 

 PRAEF- EQQ 



Dr. Bruce expands and translates it thus : 



^'Eestituit? curante JEUo Longino Proefecto Equitum, i.e., restored under the 

 inspection of iElius Longinus, a preefect of cavalry." 



This is, no doubt, satisfactory, so far as it goes, and, probably, is 

 all that can be made out with certainty. Some conjectural readings, 

 however, have occurred to me that seem worthy of being mentioned. 

 EAM * as the last three letters of ARAM, is an obvious suggestion, 

 whicli should at once be accepted, if the stone were an altar or the part 

 of one. But as it seems to be merely a panelled slab, we must look 

 for some other explanation. Were the letters KANA, the N and A 

 being tied as the R and E were ? If so, we may supply Ala I Thracum 

 Vete, .ie., Yeterana. The term ala may be regarded as certain, and if 

 Veterana be admitted, the terms I Thracum may be inferred, for, so 

 far as I know, this is the only ala that served in Britain that had this 

 title. The Ala 1 Thracum is mentioned in Trajan's diploma of the 

 year 104, and a memorial of it has been found at Watermore. In the 

 diploma of Aurelius and Verus, of the year 167, this ala is named as 

 Ala I Thracmn Yeterana, and it was then serving in Lower Pannonia. 

 See Cardinali, Diplomi, p. 239. My conjecture is that it got the title 



*0n the supposition that the letters were RAM, other readings may be 

 suggested. They may be the last three letters of terram, i. e., supra terrain scil. 

 above ground (see Orelli, n. 589) ; or of straturam, the pavement (see Orelli, n. 

 4130, Henzen, nn. 6609, 6612, and Reinesius, p. 298) ; ovyfeva&jvQ&di structuram 

 or fulturam (see Facciolati in verb), <fec. Whatever we sujjply, we may assume 

 that the ala (for the rank Prcefectus Uquitum implies that the corps was an ala) 

 was the Ala II Asturum, which was stationed in the neighbourhood, at Cilurnum. 



