( 8i8 ) 
vcn any Orders or Commands for the crewing of new, 
and repairing of antienc Buildings, in (b remote a Pro- 
vince as Britain was from Africa ^ where they w’erc 
murder d after a fliorc joint Reign of fcarce (even Weeks. 
‘ Dr„ Hunter ceils us, that that which was firft dil- 
cover’d ( and which I (hall therefore always diOinguifh 
by the Name of the firft ) was dug up about a Hundred 
Yards Eaft from a great Square, which had been forcihed 
with a thick, ftrong Wall, faced with he wen Stone, 
within which, and without, efpecially towards the Eaft, 
are nothing but ruinous Heaps of Stone, and thinks the 
Lodging of the Garifon only to have been included with- 
in ihofe Walls. His Conjedurc is very much confirm- 
ed by the * Account he gives us of the finding the laft 
Infcription within that fquare Inclofure ; fo that there 
feems to have been at this Longovicus a large Town, and 
• one of thofe Camps call’d Cafira ftativa, where the Lc- 
, gions lay in Quarters during the time of Peace and 
Quiet. 
The firft Infcription tells us, that the Emperor Gordian 
' built the Balneum and Bafilica from the Ground, a Solo; 
whereas, ^by the fecond he appears to have been only 
' the Repairer of the Princifiia and Armamentaria. Per- 
haps therefore here might be no Town, till the Romans 
thought fit to repair their old deferred Camp at this 
Place, ^nd then the Emperor might alfo build the Bath 
and Palace for the Refidence of the Preprator, when in 
chefe Parts of Britain ; the Word Bafilita importing both 
a Palace, and an Edifice for hearing of Cau fes, and 
cranfaefting ail publick Affairs. As this eminent Buil- 
ding was ereefted by the Emperor's Command, it is 
.an undeniable Argument of the Splendor of this Town, 
: as are the great Heaps of Rubbifh, and RuineSj where 
this 
2 thh, TranJ. N* p. 658. 
I tbii. Trsn/. N® 354. 
