. The Archaeological journal. omans. These northern tribes seemto have taken a special delight in destroying everythingthat bore traces of Roman handiwork. We may now examine the altars in detail, beginning withone which was taken from Bremenium, the most northerlystation in England. This is described by Camden at page 661 of the lastoriginal edition of the thus interprets it— Duplares Nu-meri exploratorum Bremenii Aram in-stituerunt Numini ejus (Caio) CsopioneCharitino Tribuno votum solveruntlibentes merito.—The exploratorytroops of Bremenium (receiving doublerations) erected thi
. The Archaeological journal. omans. These northern tribes seemto have taken a special delight in destroying everythingthat bore traces of Roman handiwork. We may now examine the altars in detail, beginning withone which was taken from Bremenium, the most northerlystation in England. This is described by Camden at page 661 of the lastoriginal edition of the thus interprets it— Duplares Nu-meri exploratorum Bremenii Aram in-stituerunt Numini ejus (Caio) CsopioneCharitino Tribuno votum solveruntlibentes merito.—The exploratorytroops of Bremenium (receiving doublerations) erected this altar to its di-vinity, Caius Crcpio Charitinus beingtribune ; freely and duly have they dis-charged a vow. Horsley (xcv. Northum-berland) in commenting upon what liejustly calls that remarkable altar, witha curious inscription upon it, publishedby Mr. Camden, says, The readingI have given of the body of theinscription is the same as his, which I take to be right : BRENENARAM1 hpSsgfcreB CHARITINOTKBV&S L M. 216 ROMAS AKTIQUITIBS CAMBRIDGE but nobody (that I knot* of) has given a satisfactory explica^ tioii of the D i: s at the top. 1 think it plain that they arcto be read Dea Roma Sacrum. That they made a goddessof Rome, and erected altars and temples to her, needs noproof to those who have any acquaintance with medals andother Roman antiquities. Hodgson gives a different reading of the three initials,rendering them De reditu suo, and translating the wholeinscription thus—Cains Caspio Charitinus being tribune,the duplares of the picket-guard stationed at Bremenium,freely and duly performing a vow on aeeount of his safereturn, set up this altar to his guardian god.—Hist. voL L, p. L39. No one acquainted with the wild region to the north can fail to recognise a sort of fitness in Hodgsonsrendering. Charitinus and his troops might well congratu-late themselves on their safe return from an exploratoryexpedition—the bogs, the
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