242 NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
be VM. It is not uncommon, and is noticed by Horsley in his table 
of abbreviations. Assuming, then, that these letters are VM, and 
adopting the reading of the others by Messrs. Trollope, I would sug- 
gest vivus monumentum sibi et marite fecit. But I am not satisfied 
that E, after S, is the correct reading. The letter, as it appears in 
the woodcut, looks very like P. If this be the fact, then I would” 
suggest :— Vivus mandavit sua pecunia monumentum fiert. According 
to my view, the inscription may most probably be read thus: 
DIIS MANIB[VS] 
CLAIT] IVLI{T] GAL[ERIA] 
CALENI LVG[DVNO] 
VET[ERANVS] EX LEG[IONE] VI 
VIC[TRICE] P[IA] F[IDELI] V[IVVS] M[ANDAVIT] 
S[VA] P[ECVNIA] M[ONUMENTVM] F[IERT]. 
46. Amongst the valuable results of the exploration of the Station 
of Bremenium, which was made through the liberality of the Duke 
of Northumberland, in 1852, was the discovery of several inscribed 
Stones. On one of these, as figured in Bruce’s Roman Wall, p. 458, 
is the following imperfect inscription : 
PMP CNB 6 Foe eee ere ee or 
Ble see eee e) ek a ee et ret er er eee e 
* * * * CH-I-F-VARD * * * * 
* * * * * BALLIS A SOLO RES 
SVB C:CLAP « LINI LEG AVG 
INSTANTE AVR QVINTO TR 
Dr. Bruce remarks: 
“The inscription may be read: 
IMP[ERATORI] CAE[SARI]} 
P[IO] F[ELICI] 
C[LOJH[ORS] I F[IDA] VARD[VLORVM] 
BALLIS A SOLO REST[ITVIT] 
SVB C[AIO] CL[AVDIO] APELLINI[O] LEG[ATO] AVG[VSTALT} 
INSTANTE AVR[ELIO] QVINTO TRIB[VNO]. 
In honour of the Emperor Cesar, 
Pious, happy. 
The first echort of the Varduli, styled the faithful, 
from the ground restored, 
Under Caius Claudius Apellinius, imperial legate ; 
Aurelius Quintus, the Tribune, superintending the work. 
+ Another reading may be suggested: Vidua marito sua pecunia monumentum fecit. 
My objection to it is that I have never seen vidua in any ancient inscription not Christian. 
