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ritupis_fw-la m._n p._n cccc_o lxxxi_o 491._o sic_fw-la ablato_fw-la bulgio_fw-la castra_fw-la exploratorum_fw-la m._n p._n x._o 15._o alias_o a_o blato_fw-la luguvallo_a m._n p._n xii_o alias_o a_o luguvalio_a cairletl_n voreda_n m._n p._n fourteen_o wrderad_n brovonacis_fw-la m._n p._n xiii_o bravoniacis_n burgham_n verteris_fw-la m._n p._n xx._n 13._o wharton_n lavatris_fw-la m._n p._n fourteen_o lowthier_n cataractone_n m._n p._n xvi_o caturractonium_n grynton_n gritobrioge_n isuriam_fw-la m._n p._n xxiv_o isoriam_fw-la eburacum_n m._n p._n xviii_o eboracum_n calcaria_n m._n p._n ix_o cacaria_n helcaster_n camboduno_n m._n p._n xx._n camborough_n mammuncio_n m._n p._n xviii_o manucio_n standish_n condate_n m._n p._n xviii_o 39_o deva_n legio_fw-la xxiii_o ci._n m._n p._n xx._n bovio_n m._n p._n x._o 44._o bonio_n mediolano_n m._n p._n xx._n rutunio_n m._n p._n xii_o urio_fw-la conio_n m._n p._n xi_o viroconium_n uxacona_n m._n p._n xi_o penno-crucio_a m._n p._n xii_o etoceto_o m._n 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cincti_fw-la ritu_fw-la gabivo_fw-la i._n e._n togae_fw-la parte_fw-la caput_fw-la velati_fw-la parte_fw-la succincti_fw-la tenebant_fw-la stivam_fw-la incurvam_fw-la ut_fw-la glebae_fw-la omnes_fw-la intrinsecus_fw-la caderent_fw-la et_fw-la ita_fw-la sulco_fw-la ducto_fw-la loca_fw-la murorum_fw-la designabant_fw-la aratrum_fw-la suspendentes_fw-la cira_fw-la loca_fw-la portarum_fw-la but_o in_o a_o ancient_a stone_n it_o be_v call_v colonia_n victricensis_n quae_fw-la in_o britannia_fw-la camu'oduni_n and_o in_o the_o very_a same_o cives_fw-la romani_fw-la of_o this_o place_n be_v mention_v the_o whole_a inscription_n according_a as_o gruter_n publish_v it_o out_o of_o onuphrius_n be_v thus_o cn_fw-la munatius_n m._n f._n pal_z aurelius_n bassus_n proc_n aug_n praef_n fabr._n praef_n coh_n iii_o sagittarior_n praef_n coh_n two_o asturum_fw-la censitor_n civium_fw-la romanorum_fw-la coloniae_fw-la victricensis_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o britannia_fw-la camaloduni_n curator_n 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