. The Archaeological journal. faction is proportionately increased infinding it in so satisfactory a state as it is. All authoritiesagree in reading the altar, Deo Mogonti Cadenorum etnumini Domini Nostri Augusti, Marcus Gaius Secundums,beneficiarius consulis, Habitanci,prima statione, pro se et suisposuit.—To Mogon of the Cadeniand the deity of our lord Augus-tus, Marcus Gaius Secundums aconsular beneficiary at Habitan-cum, the first station (from theWall), erected (this altar) for him-self and his friends. The god Mogon is no doubt thelocal deity of the Cadeni, whoseem to have been a tribe l
. The Archaeological journal. faction is proportionately increased infinding it in so satisfactory a state as it is. All authoritiesagree in reading the altar, Deo Mogonti Cadenorum etnumini Domini Nostri Augusti, Marcus Gaius Secundums,beneficiarius consulis, Habitanci,prima statione, pro se et suisposuit.—To Mogon of the Cadeniand the deity of our lord Augus-tus, Marcus Gaius Secundums aconsular beneficiary at Habitan-cum, the first station (from theWall), erected (this altar) for him-self and his friends. The god Mogon is no doubt thelocal deity of the Cadeni, whoseem to have been a tribe locatedin the territory of the , the modern May-ence, was the capital of the pro-vince of the Vangiones, and always contained a strongRoman garrison. There is something interesting in noticingthe yearnings of soul in these Cadeni, banished to Rising-ham, after the gods of their native land. Camden mentions a similar altar belonging: to the sameplace, also erected by the Cadeni, bearing the inscription—. «,«hmiTiMi i«i«HHiu7TiH||i i MOC0NT(aD£TNU;NAVC| mSsm^nv.!^fgoshabii5 ^IPRIMASTATljSEET5V]SB5i J*JL <? 218 ROMAN ANTIQUITIES AT CAMBRIDGE. Deo Mouxo Cad[ exorum]. For a number of years thisaltar was missing, having been used in the erection of a cow-shed ; this structure being now pulled down, it lies in themiddle of the station, but the inscription Is barely legible. The chief value of the altar arises from the mention ofHabitancum. This, in the absence of any evidence of a con-flicting character, warrants us in supposing that Habitancumwas the Roman name of the station. We next direct our attention to a slab derived from thesame station, which is of a more ornate character than anyother found in the region of the Roman Wall. It has beenrepeatedly engraved, but never so correctly as to supersedeanother attempt, which is here presented. The slab consists of three compartments. The centrecontains the inscription surrounded by a very elegant octa-go
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