“To the gods of the shades. To Simplicia Florentina, a most innocent thing, who lived ten months. Her father of the Sixth Legion, the victorious, made this.” Another, from Carvoran in Northumberland, is thus affectionately worded:-- D . M AVRE . FAIAE D . SALONAS AVR . MARCVS C . OBESEQ . CON IVG . SANCTIS SIMAE . QVAE . VI XIT ANNIS XXXIII SINE VLLA MACVLA “To the gods of the shades. To Aurelia Faia, a native of Salona, Aurelius Marcus, a centurion, out of affection for his most holy wife, who lived thirty-three years without any stain.” Another, from Caerleon, is thus:-- D . M . IVL . IVLIANVS MIL . LEG . II . AVG . STIP XVIII . ANNOR . XL HIC . SITVS . EST CVRA . AGENTE AMANDA CONIVGE “To the gods of the shades. Julius Julianus, a soldier of the Second Legion, the Augustan, served eighteen years, aged forty, is laid here by the care of Amanda his wife.” Another, from Chesters, in Northumberland, is as follows:-- D . M . S FABIE HONOR ATE . FABIVS . HON ORATIVS . TRIBVN COH . I . VANGION ET . AVRELIA . EGLIC IANE . FECER VNT . FILIE . D VLCISSIMME “Sacred to the gods of the shades. To Fabia Honorata, Fabius Honoratius, Tribune, of the First Cohort of Vangiones, and Aurelia Egleciane, made this to their daughter most sweet.” And one at Bath is thus:-- D . M. AEL . MERCV RIALI . CORNICVL VACIA . SOROR FECIT “To the gods of the shades. To Ælius Mercurialis, a trumpeter, his sister Vacia made this.” The articles which the grave-mounds and cemeteries of the Romano-British period most frequently produce are pottery of various kinds; glass vessels; coins; arms, both of bronze and of iron; fibulæ, armillæ, and other personal ornaments; knives, scissors, etc.; and a large variety of other things. To a brief notice of these contents of the graves I shall next, in this division of my work, confine myself. CHAPTER VIII. Romano-British Period--Pottery--Durobrivian Ware--Upchurch Ware--Salopian Ware--Pottery found at Uriconium--Potteries of the New Forest, of Yorkshire, and of other places--Sepulchral Urns--Domestic and other vessels.