NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 485 
interment of ‘ Lucius Vitellius Tancinus, the son of Mantaus or Man. 
tanus,’ a citizen of Caurium, in Spain, a centurion of the Vettonen- 
sian horse, who died at the age of forty-six, having served twenty-six 
years.” Both Mr. Warner and Mr. Scarth observe, in illustration, 
that Caurium was a town in Lusitania, and that the Vettones were 
a neighbouring people, who supplied the Romans with excellent 
heavy-armed horse. 
There is no doubt that Mr. Warner’s expansion is an im- 
provement on that given by Dr. Stukeley, but it is far from being 
satisfactory. Of the suggestions which have been offered relative 
to MANIAI:F, I prefer Mr. Scarth’s reading MANTAI-F; 
but perhaps we should substitute E for I, i.e. MANTAE.* The 
reading ,TANCINVS is supported by the inscription in Gruter, 
p- CMxvit, n. 8, cited by Mr. Warner; but HISPANUS, not HIS- 
PANIAKE, is conformable to usage. The expansions EQVITVM for 
EQ: and CVRATOR or CENTURIO for C°R are unquestionably 
erroneous. EQ: stands for EQVES, and C:R for CIVIVM ROMAN- 
ORUM. As to Mr. Warner’s suggestion, that the deceased may have 
been a centurion in an ala Vettonuwm attached to the 20th legion, it is 
sufficient to observe that there is no authority for a centurion in an 
ala, nor for an ala being attached to a legion. 
28. In the Archeologia Aliana (new series, vol. i. p. 261) a slab is 
figured, which bears the following inscription :— 
DITSDEABVSQVESE 
CVNDVMINTERPRE 
TATIONEMORACV 
LICLARIAPOLLINIS 
COH:I:'TVNGRORUM 
Dr. Bruce reads and translates it thus :— 
“DIIS DEABVSQVE SE- 
CVNDVM INTERPRE- 
TATIONEM ORACYV- 
LI CLARI APOLBEINIS 
COH[ORS] PRIMA TVNGRORVM. 
“The first cohort of the Tungrians (dedicated this structure) to the gods and 
the goddesses, according to the direction of the oracle of the illustrious Apollo.” 
I have never seen an example of Mantanus, Mantaus, or Manta. The nearest ap- 
proach to the name, which I have observed, is on an altar found at Clausentum. Vide. 
vournal of Archeological Association, 1857, p. 210, fig. 2. 
