The history of Great Britain : from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius CæsarWritten on a new plan . Tranfiation and Notes. SOME of the mod a&ive of the Roman emperors were atgreat pains to gain a diftindt knowledge of the feveral pro-vinces of their wide-extended empire; that they might be ena-bled to improve, protect, and govern them in the beft manner ;and alfo that they might know how to draw from them the great-eft advantages they were capable of yielding. Auguftus com-pofed a volume, which he committed, together with his ladwill, to the cuftody of the Veftal Virgins, cont
The history of Great Britain : from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius CæsarWritten on a new plan . Tranfiation and Notes. SOME of the mod a&ive of the Roman emperors were atgreat pains to gain a diftindt knowledge of the feveral pro-vinces of their wide-extended empire; that they might be ena-bled to improve, protect, and govern them in the beft manner ;and alfo that they might know how to draw from them the great-eft advantages they were capable of yielding. Auguftus com-pofed a volume, which he committed, together with his ladwill, to the cuftody of the Veftal Virgins, containing a brief de-fcription of the whole Roman empire; its kingdoms, provinces,, armies, treafures, taxes, tributes, expences, and ^ everyother thing which it was necelfary or proper for a prince toknow >. Hadrian was at (till greater pains to make himfelf-thoroughly acquainted with his dominions; for with this view,amongft others, he vifited in perfon every province, and evenevery confiderable city of the empire -, taking a particular ac- »Sueton, in Oilavio, c ioi. Dion, I. £C. p. 591. count. Sueton, lii OiUvi«, c iox. Dion, j, jr. p. 591, count APPENDIX. 53 count of the fleets, armies, taxes, cities, walls, ramparts, ditch- No. , arms, machines, and every other thing worthy of attention b. v^z-wJIf the Memoirs of this imperial traveller were now extant, theywould prefent us with an entertaining view of the (late of ourcountry in that early period. But thefe, together wirh the vo-lume of Auguftus, and probably many others of the fame nature,are entirely loft. Some few works, however, on this iubjeSt,have efcaped the devaftations of time, and the no lefs deflruc-tive ravages of barbadians. Of this kind are the Itinerary ofAntoninus, already explained, and that which is commonly cal- .led the Notitia, which we are now to illuftrate. The tide, at full length, of this valuable monument of anti-quity runs thus : Notitia utraque dignitatem cum Orientis turnOccide
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