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fequently, muft be of great ufe in communicating to 
the Britain s, the many Arts and Sciences, they learnt of 
the Romans. 
Sea. IV. V. V. 
Tho’ Learned Men agree, That the latter V fignihes 
Viffrix, an Epithet common to this with feveral other 
Legions ; there is among them much controverly, what 
it meant by the former V. fome reading it Valens , others 
Valeria , others Valeriana. The Author is of the latter 
Opi, o ,, urging, That as the Legion, called by Dw 
k tevJ'iHoi, is by Tacitus, more than once, term’d Ciandiana 
Leg 9 3 fo this Legion, term’d by Dio ought, 
in his Opinion, to be in Latin rendred Legio Valeriana; 
Efpecially, if we confider, That the word Legio affects 
to be joined with an Adje&ive ending in ana 3 of which 
He produces almolf twenty Examples, and can produce 
many more : On the other hand, it does not appear to 
him, That Legio is in any good Author joyned with the 
word Valeria He farther adds, That tho it be undoubt- 
edly true, there was a Legion call d Valens Piffrix, f'for 
this is evident from an Infer iption, reported by Lip fins, 
and others) yet there is no proof, That any Legion, ha- 
ving that Nanr, was ever in Britain. He enquires, how 
this Legion came to be call’d Valeriana , and how Vi~ 
3 rix : And fays, there is a longer Account of this Le- 
gion, than perhaps of any other, viz,, up to 374 
Years. 
Seft.V. STIPEND! ORUM. iX, 
The yearly Stipends are here placed to exprefs ihe 
Years of Service, and (hew, That J. V. ferved nine Years 
in the Army. 
Sea. Vi, 
