Of OXFOT(T>.SHniE. ^ 
ccmannorum f^olm infignihws quendam editum tumulum in Troph<£i 
modum excoluit^ are his very words concerning the fame Expe- 
dition of Drufu^. 
53. However ic were, 'tis certain the /rpo former of thefe^ arc 
much different from thofe erefted on the vi^e militates ^ for I found 
them trenched round, and particularly that of Adml cop, with 
two or thvee circumvallations^ part whereof are ftill vifible on the 
South-eafl: fide of it, infomuch that I queftion whether there 
were not fome Camp^ with this Trophie perhaps of Vi^ory erefted 
within it, of which more anon when I come to fpeak profeffed- 
ly, of the ancient Fortifications yet remaining in this County. 
54. Of other Roman Antiquities that I can certainly call fuch, 
themoft eminent I met with is a part of their pavement made of 
fmall bricks or /ife, not much bigger than dice ; whereof the 
Roman Generals^ amongft their other baggage^ were ufed to carry 
a quantity fufficient to pave the place, where they fet the Proetori- 
um or Generals Tent, or at leaft fome part of it, which is parti- 
cularly witnefled of J^ulius C<efar^ In expeditionibu^ teffdla^ is" fe- 
6iilia pavimenta^ circumtuUjfe ^ 
5$. Thefe if made of fmall fqmre Marbles^ of divers natural 
Colours, were called Lithcftrota ; but if of fmall bricks or tiles^ ar-^ 
tificially tinged with colours, annealed and poliJh''d, Pavimenta 
teffellata^ or opw^ Mufivum^ ; zndhoth Afar ot a \ for their not be- 
ing to be fwept, but wiped with a fpunge. As for ours plough- 
ed upfomwhere zhont great Ten?, and engraven Tab, 15. Fig, 22. 
I take it for certain to be of the fecond fort , it confiding of a 
matter much fofter than Marble^ cut into fquares fomwhat bigger 
then dice^ of four different colours, viz, blue^ white^ yellow^ and 
red, all poUJhed, and orderly difpofed into works ; the colours 
of the fquares being reprefented in the Cut, as thofe of the Arms 
in the Map, 
56. There was much fuch another Pavement "^lowgh^d. up at 
Steeple- A/ion ^ confifting likewife of fquares of divers colours, arid 
fet in curious figures, but as defcribed to me by the Reverend 
Mr. Greenwood, Redor of the place, not cubick like the former, 
but oZ'/ow^y^M^rei fet perpendicular to the Horizon. That thefc 
Pavements were Roman, I think there's no doubt, notwithftand- 
<i L- An.Flori Rer-'Roman.lil>. /:^.cap.\2. ' Suetoviui invita JuhiCteJdrh sJmafi} Amot. in^ue 
ton. in vita Julii C^faris. ^ FUn. Sec Bfl. Nat. Z//', ^6. 2 5 . 
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