. The Archaeological journal. ption. On the other side, below the figure of Mais is a bird, appa-rently a goose : before it is set a small vase which seems tocontain .-nine fruit. How far these minor objects are emblematic of the faithor the philosophy of the cohort of the Gauls, or bow far theyare the mi-re offspring of the taste of the sculptor, is not easyto decide. If the bird under Mars bad been a cock, as i \ been stated, the appropriateness of its introductionwould have been plain. We know that Koine was once savedfrom the Gauls by the cackling of geese. If the allusion isto th


. The Archaeological journal. ption. On the other side, below the figure of Mais is a bird, appa-rently a goose : before it is set a small vase which seems tocontain .-nine fruit. How far these minor objects are emblematic of the faithor the philosophy of the cohort of the Gauls, or bow far theyare the mi-re offspring of the taste of the sculptor, is not easyto decide. If the bird under Mars bad been a cock, as i \ been stated, the appropriateness of its introductionwould have been plain. We know that Koine was once savedfrom the Gauls by the cackling of geese. If the allusion isto this circumstance, it shows how entirely the Romans hadsucceeded in destroying the nationality of their conquered :? < and in infusing the national spirit intothe dab which was found in the same station, andprobably attached to a temple or other building, bears the inscription, Coh[ors] mm ma Vang[ionum] fecit oi banteJul[io] Im tbibi ffo. The firsl cohorl of the Vangiones FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 221. erected this under the command of Julius Paullus, thetribune. The Vangiones, as has already been said, were a people ofBelgic Gaul. As several in-scribed stones found at Ilabi-tancum mention the Vangio-nes, it has been concluded thatthis station was chiefly garri-soned by them, though theyare not named in the NotitiaImperii. Below these two slabs in thewall of the lobby of TrinityLibrary is a large altar. Itis reddened by fire, and is deeply scarred by the bad usage it has received ; notwith-standing this its aspect gladdened the heart of Horsley. This is a very stately altar, he says, erected to the invincibleHercules. It yet remains at Conington very entire, and is,I think, one of the largest altars that I have seen, that areso beautiful. It reads Deo invicto Herculi sacr[um]L[ucius] ^Emil[ianus] Salvanus Trib[unus] coh[ortis]rRDLE Vangi[onum] v[otum] s[olvens] l[ibens] m[erito].Sacred to the unconquerable god Hercules. Lucius iEmi-iianus Salvanus, tribun


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