486 NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
I have no doubt that I in CLARI stands, as is common, for II ; 
and that CLARII is the well-known epithet which Apollo derived 
from Clarus (near Colophon, in Ionia), where he had a celebrated 
temple and oracle. It is searcely necessary to cite illustrations from 
ancient authors. Amongst the most obvious are Virgil, dn. ii. 360, 
* Qui tripodas, Clarii lauros, qui sidera sentis ;’ and Tacitus, Ann. ii. 
54, “Relegit Asiam appellitque Colophona, ut Clari <Apollinis 
oraculo uteretur.”’ 
29. In the same work (p. 226) we find the following inscription on 
another slab :— 
IMP: CASMAVR SEVE 
RVSALEXANDERPIE 
AVG HORREVMVETV 
STATECONIABSVMM 
COH IIASTVRVM S:-A 
ASOLORESTITVERVNT 
PROVINCIA REG « x » 
MAXIMO LEG « « « x 
x AIMARTI « « * x 
Dr. Bruce reads and tratislates it thus :— 
“IMPERATOR CAESAR MARCVS AVRELIVS SEVE- 
RVS ALEXANDER PIVS FELIX 
AVGVSTVS:HORREVM VETV- 
STATE CONLABSVM M(}) 
COHORS SECVNDA ASTVRVM SECVNDVM ARTEM 
A SOLO RESTITVERVNT 
PROVINCIA REGNANTE 
MAXIMO LEGATO. ....004 
KALENDIS MARTII ..... 
The Emperor ‘Cesar Mareus Aurelius Severus Alexander, the pious, happy, and 
august,—The second cohort of the Astures restored from the ground, in a work- 
manlike manner, this granary, which had fallen down through age, in the kalends 
of March...., Maximus governing the Province as (Augustal) Legate.” 
Dr. Bruce’s expansion and interpretation are in the main correct ; 
but there are some points which require emendation. I regard M, at 
the end of the fourth line, as standing for MILITES, and COH II, 
of the fifth, for COHORTIS SECVND. This view is supported 
by the use of RESTITVERVNT instead of RESTITVIT. The ex- 
