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XXII. Observations on further Roman Remains discovered in London. In a Letter from Charles Roach Smith, Esq. F.S.A., to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.R.S., Secretary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

Charles Roach Smith Esq.
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In continuation of my accounts of discoveries of Roman Remains in the City of London, those recently made on the site of the Royal Exchange now demand our attention.

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Archaeologia , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , 1842 , pp. 267 - 274
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1842

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page 269 note a See Montfaucon, tom. iii. p. 1, pl. XXXV. and Jul. Nigronus de Caliga Veterum. Lugd. 1711, 8vo. from the specimens engraved in which our sandals differ in details.

page 269 note b Sat. xvi. 1. 24.

page 270 note c Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. ix. c. xviii.

page 270 note d Hist. Augustæ, p. 736.

page 271 note e Lib. ix. 1. 521.

page 271 note f Eumenius speaks of Britain as abounding in sheep—“contra pecorum mitium innumerabilis multitudo lacte distenta, et onusta velleribus.”—Panegyr. Constantino Aug. c. ix.

page 271 note g De Bel. Gal. lv. c. xiv.

page 271 note h They closely resemble the little wooden instruments called slivers used in yarn spinning in the West of England.

page 271 note i See Montfaucon, tom. iii. part 1, pl. lv.

page 272 note k The tiles are perforated in the centre with five holes.