thirst.”—Xiphilin’s _Excerpta_, p. 304; and Pinkerton’s _Inquiry into the Early History of Scotland_, vol. i. p. 438. [388] See Gordon’s _Journey through Scotland_, p. 75. Bruce, in his work on _The Roman Wall_, p. 214, speaks of the ancient city of Borcovicus as likely, when excavated, to prove “the Pompeii of Britain.” Stukeley, in a similar spirit, declared it the “Tadmor of Britain.” [389] It is possible the word may be a contraction for _ordinatus_ (appointed), and not for _ordinarius_. [390] _The Roman Wall_: a Historical, etc., Account of the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, p. 228. [391] _Vita Agricolæ_, cap. 36 (Orelli’s edit. vol. ii. p. 441). [392] Stuart, in his _Caledonia Romana_, p. 340, gives a copy of a legionary tablet found at Castlecary, which states that the first Tungrian Cohort had erected 1000 paces (mille passus) of the wall. [393] Horsley’s _Britannia Romana_, p. 205. Stuart’s _Caledonia Romana_, p. 164. [394] According to Horsley, it was probably under the reign of Marcus Aurelius that the Tungrian Cohort became stationed at Castle-steeds, in Cumberland, where they erected an altar to Jupiter. Lastly (he adds), this Cohort settled at Housesteads, where we have six or seven of their inscriptions under four or five different commanders. Here they seem to have continued till the lowest time of the empire. The _Notitia_ places this Cohort at Borcovicus (Housesteads).—_Britannia Romana_, p. 89. [395] _United Service Journal_ for 1841, vol. iii. p. 124. [396] See Eckhel’s _Doctrina Nummorum Veterum_, vol. i. p. 8, and vol. vi. p. 495. [397] _Inscriptiones Romanæ_, p. 68, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2; and p. 269, Fig. 3. [398] The name of Domitian (see the plate) is erased from the inscription—a practice which has been followed sometimes in relation to the names of other Roman tyrants besides him; but the name of the consul on the stone fixes the date and reign. [399] _Syntagma Inscriptionum Antiquarum_ (1682), p. 611, 7. See also Spon’s _Miscellanea Eruditæ Antiquitatis_, 145, 16; and Dr. Middleton’s Dissertation “De Medicorum apud veteres Romanos conditione,” in his Works, vol. iv. p. 103. [400] _Novus Thesaurus Vet. Inscriptionum_, 1046, 5.