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Sylva Antiqua Iscana, Numismatica, Quinetiam Figulina, or Roman and other Antiquities of Exeter
Exeter: W C Featherstone (1841) 145 pp.
by
W.T.P. Shortt
Prepared by Michael Steer
Pages i- xx; 1-75.
An alphabetic list of subscribers is presented on pp. 148-150.
The Roman army reached Exeter in about AD 50-55 during the conquest of south western Britain. A legionary fortress was built and became the base for the 5000 strong Second Augustan Legion. In the ensuing centuries Exeter turned into a very rich source of Roman era archaeology. The book describes and elucidates the harvest of coins, samian ware and other relics recovered from excavations throughout the early Victorian period. Its author, W.T.P. Shortt of Heavitree, near Exeter was among the early antiquaries to gather information on Devon's archaeological finds. He was educated in Quebec, but eventually returned to England where he gained a BA at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1821 and, embarked on a career in the British Army. In 1824, he co-authored a Journal of the Principal Occurrences During the Siege of Quebec. Shortt was a Lieutenant in the 17th Regiment of Foot. However, he abandoned his military career and moved in 1832 to Heavitree, where he lived as a gentleman of independent means. He developed a keen interest in Roman relics and especially coins, many of which were being found during the substantial reconstruction of Exeter between 1830s and the 1850s. This rare and much sought-after book was produced digitally by Google from a copy in the University of California Library collection and can be downloaded from HathiTrust. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.
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A | |
Addison | xiii |
Adrian I, pope | 20, 58 |
Æmylius | 47 |
Æsculapius | 23, 40 |
Agricola, Julius | iii, ix, 43 |
Agripinna | 34 |
Ahenobarbus | 47 |
Akerman, Mr J Y | iv, 27, 31-2, 36, 40, 49, 55, 58-9, 67-8, 72, 74 |
Albucia family | 51 |
Alexander | 38 |
Alexandro, Alexander Ab | 48-9, 51, 54, 64 |
Allectus | v, 26-8, 40, 59-60, 66 |
Ammianus (Valentia) | 43, 69 |
Andraste | 65 |
Anlaf | iv |
Anning, Mr | 59 |
Antinous | 63 |
Antonia | 48, 50-1 |
Antoninus Augustus Pius (Caracalla) | iii, xi-ii, xiv-vi, 1, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38-9, 41, 43, 48-9, 53, 58, 61, 66-7, 70-2 |
Antoninus the elder | 23 |
Antony | 43 |
Aper, Arrius | 70 |
Arcadius | 28 |
Arviragus, prince | vii |
Asenath | 48 |
Athelstan, king | iv, vii, xiii, xvii, xx, 4, 42, 55 |
Attelus | 40 |
Augustinus A | 60 |
Augustus | 22, 43, 60, 68 |
Aurelian, Lucius Domitius | vii, 22, 36-7, 39, 53, 57 |
Aurelius, Marcus | 22, 31, 55, 61 |
Ausonius | 22, 38, 46 |
B | |
Bampfield, Sir John | 63 |
Baxter | iii, vi, xvi |
Bedford, earl of | viii |
Beranger | 40 |
Bianchini | x |
Blair | 42 |
Boadicea, queen | xviii, 61, 65 |
Bodley, Mr | 67 |
Borlase | vi, xviii |
Boson | 46 |
Borremans | xii |
Brandreth, Mr H | xvi, 25 |
Brewer, lord William de | viii |
Britannicus | 34 |
Brookes | 55 |
Bruce, Robert the | iii |
Bryant | 24 |
Buonaparte, Napoleon | 24 |
Burnet | ix |
Burrington, Mr J | 40 |
C | |
Caesar, Julius | iii, vi, 5, 46, 53, 56, 69 |
Caligula | 43 |
Calvin | 39 |
Camden | xi, xvi, xviii, 1, 27, 30, 34, 56-7 |
Camillus, Marcus Furius | 50 |
Canute, king | xi |
Caracalla | 19, 23 |
Caractacus | v |
Carausius | v, xi-ii, 3, 27-8, 45, 47, 52, 56, 59, 62, 67, 72 |
Carmenta | 47 |
Carter, Mr G | 41 |
Cartier, Jacques | vi |
Carus, Marcus Aurelius | 32, 52, 70 |
Cassander | 33 |
Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius | 57 |
Cassius, Dion | iii, 3 |
Champlain | vi |
Chapple, Mr | 26 |
Charles I | viii, 55 |
Charles le Gros | 46 |
Chieure, Willelmus | xvi |
Chlorus, Constantius | 20, 27-8 |
Chonodomarius, king | 47 |
Cicero, Marcus Tullius | 26, 51 |
Cirencester, Richard of | iii, xii, xviii, xx, 1, 54 |
Clarendon earl of | viii, 71 |
Claudius, Tiberius | iii- v, vii, xi, 4, 24, 26-7, 30-8, 40-5, 48-9, 51, 55-6, 58-60, 64, 67, 72 |
Claudius II, Gothicus | 48, 73 |
Cleopatra | 65 |
Clifford, lord | xviii, 54 |
Coffin | xiii, 6, 55 |
Coleridge, Mr | 54 |
Collyns, Rev J | 61 |
Commodus | iii-v, 38, 49, 55 |
Congdon | 65 |
Constans, Flavius Julius | 21, 30, 33, 37, 45, 50, 58, 60, 63-8, 70-1 |
Constantine Maximus Augustus, the great | v, vii, 2, 19-21, 23-4, 26-8, 30-1, 33-4, 37, 40-2, 45-6, 48-9, 52-3, 55-6, 58-60, 62, 64-6, 68-73 |
Constantine II, Flavius Claudius Julius | 19-20, 26, 37, 46, 50, 68 |
Constantius, Marcus Flavius Valerius (Chlorus) | 21, 33, 35-7, 41, 49-50, 54-5, 59, 66-7, 69 |
Constantius II, Flavius Julius | 23, 29, 50, 67, 73 |
Cooke | vi |
Courtenay, Robert de | viii |
Courtenay, Sir William | viii |
Crispus, Flavius Julius | vii, 29, 45, 50, 60, 63, 70 |
Crockett, Mr | vii |
Cunobelin | vii, 38 |
D | |
Damerel, Mr | 71 |
Dampier, count | vi, 62 |
Davidson | xvi |
Decebalus | 24 |
Decentius, Magnus | 65 |
Decius, Trajanus | xix, 22, 58 |
Delmatius, Flavius | 27 |
Dempster | 5 |
Dennis family | 55 |
Dennis, Sir J | 55 |
Dennis, Rev Prebendary | 6 |
Dennis, Sir T | 55 |
Diaconus Paulus | 44 |
Dickenson | 28 |
Diocletian, Gaius Aurelius Valerius | 21, 27, 35, 45, 52, 56, 59, 73 |
Domitian, Augustus Germanicus | 20-1, 26, 30-1, 34, 37, 39, 45, 49, 55-6, 61, 63-4, 66, 72 |
Domna, Julia | 50 |
Dowai, Walter de | 55 |
Downe, Mr | 26 |
Drake, Sir Francis | vi |
Drusus, Nero Claudius | 38, 48 |
Dugdale | vii |
Dyer, Mr G | xv-i-ii |
E | |
Edelmundus | viii |
Edward I | viii, 35 |
Edward II | 55 |
Edward IV | viii |
Eleonora, queen | viii |
Elizabeth I | xi |
Ellis, Mr | 65 |
Elton, Mr Marwood | vi, xvii |
Emilius, Paulus | 59 |
Erizzo, S | 24, 58 |
Ethelred | viii |
Etruscilla | 58 |
Eumolpus | 37 |
Eusebius, Pamphili | 60 |
Eutropia | 19 |
Evander, king | 47 |
F | |
Fairfax, general Sir Thomas | ix, 63, 71 |
Fausta | 19, 30, 41, 46, 69 |
Faustina the younger | 22, 31, 45, 48-9, 55, 66-7 |
Faustina the elder | 52, 66 |
Felix, Marcus Antonius | 37 |
Ferdinand II | 62 |
Festus | 5 |
FitzBurnard family | 55 |
Fulvius | 47 |
G | |
Galba | 29 |
Gale | xvi |
Galen, Aelius | 55 |
Galgacus | iii |
Gallienus, Pius Felix | vi-ii, xi, 19-20, 33-4, 40-1, 47, 59, 66, 71, 74 |
Gell, Sir William | x |
Gervais, Walter | 4 |
Geta | 19, 22 |
Gibson | 30, 57 |
Godolphin, Mr | 25, 29 |
Gordian III (Antoninus) | 29 |
Gordon, C esq | xvi |
Goring, lord | 71 |
Gracchus, Y Sempronius | 30 |
Graswinckel, Jan | 55 |
Gratian | iv, 22-3, 29, 33, 38, 44-5, 48-9, 58, 65-7, 70, 73 |
Gregory, Saint | iv |
H | |
Hadrian | xi, 19, 29, 40, 43, 49, 51, 54, 59, 61, 63-4, 68-72 |
Hanno | 30 |
Harold, childe | v, 25 |
Helena, Flavia Lulia, empress | 67, 69, 73 |
Hellogabalus | 38 |
Henrietta Maria, queen | viii |
Henry III | viii |
Henry VI | 55 |
Henry VII | viii |
Henry VIII | 55 |
Hercules, Maximianus | 27 |
Herodian | 3 |
Herodotus | 74 |
Hesychius | 53 |
Hippocrates | 41, 60 |
Honorius, Flavius | iv, 28 |
Hooper, Mr H, jnr | 31 |
Hope, Rev | 19 |
Horace | 26, 51 |
Horsley | vi, xiv, xvi, 28 |
Howel | xx |
Huntingdon, Henry of | xx |
Hutchins | xv-i, 2 |
I | |
Isidor | 66 |
J | |
James I | xi |
Jenkins, Mr | 49 |
Jobert | iv |
John, king | viii |
Jones, Inigo | 32 |
Jornandes | 26, 44 |
Josephus, Titus Flavius | 50 |
Joubert | 49 |
Jovian, Flavius | 50 |
Julian the apostate | iii, 31, 47, 50, 52, 55, 59, 68-9, 73 |
Justin & Sophia | 23 |
Juvenal, Decimus Lunius | 38-9, 49 |
K | |
Kaul | 55 |
Kempe, J L | vii |
King, Mr C W | x-i |
Krauwinkle, Hans | 55 |
L | |
Larkworthy, Mr, jnr | 31, 45, 52 |
Leofric, bishop | 65 |
Leonidas | v |
Licinius, Gaius Valerius | 46, 56, 61-2, 73 |
Long, Gilbert | 68 |
Long, Julius | 68 |
Lowdham, Mr | vi |
Leyden | 5 |
Luke, Mr | 66, 74 |
Lysons, Samuel | x |
M | |
Macellus | 47 |
Macfarlane | 52 |
Magnentius | vii, 21, 23, 33-4, 37, 45, 49, 60, 62, 65, 68 |
Malmesbury, William of | iv, vii, 42 |
Manasses | 48 |
Marcellinus, Alexianus | iii, 38, 46 |
Marcellus | 47 |
Marciana | 68 |
Martial, Marcus Valerius | 48, 66 |
Matidia | 63, 68 |
Maud, empress | viii |
Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius Valerius | 46 |
Maximiana (Flavia Maxima) | 67, 69 |
Maximianus Galerius | 19, 44, 48, 52, 58, 60-2, 70 |
Maximianus Hercules | 73 |
Maximus, Caius Julius (Maximinus) | 26, 29, 31, 33 |
Mazois | x |
Mefitus the tribune | 27 |
Mela, Pomponius | 46 |
Melhuish, Mr | vi, 63 |
Messalena, Valeria | 22, 52 |
Metellus, Quintus Caecilius | 54, 59 |
Milles, Deane | ix |
Minervina | 50, 63, 70 |
Monmouth, Geoffrey of | vii |
Musgrave, Dr | vi, xv, xviii, xx, 5-6 |
N | |
Nero Claudius Caesar (Drusus) | iii- iv, x, 6, 20, 22-3, 25, 28, 30-2, 36-8, 42, 47-9, 51-2, 58-61, 63-9, 72 |
Nerva, Marcus Cocceius | 54, 57, 62, 64, 72 |
Newenham, abbot of | 55 |
Niger, Gaius Pescennius | 53 |
Northmore, Mr | xx |
Numa, Pompilius | 34 |
Numerianus, Marcus Aurelius | 70 |
O | |
Odenatus | 41, 71 |
Ordulf, earl | vii |
Orgar, earl | vii |
Orphitus, Pactius | 57 |
Orsini family | 47 |
Oscar | 52 |
Ossian | 52 |
P | |
Palk, Sir L V | xix |
Palladio | 32 |
Pancirolus, Giovani Giacomo | 57 |
Paulinus | 65 |
Pausanius | iii |
Pennant | 3 |
Pericles | 60 |
Perigino | 43 |
Pertinax, Publius Helvius | 43 |
Philip | 60 |
Philip the younger | 22 |
Philippus, M Julius | 22 |
Pidsley, Mr J | vii, 42 |
Pinkerton | iv, 27 |
Plancus, L Munatius | 43 |
Plautius, A (Plautus) | 26, 41, 46, 48 |
Pliny | iii, 30 |
Plutarch | 60 |
Pollio | 24 |
Polwhele | iii, xii-iii, xvi-ii, 39, 42 |
Polybius | 4-5 |
Pomeroy family | 55 |
Pomeroy, Ralph de | 55 |
Pompey | ix, 6, 37 |
Pope | xiii |
Posthumus, Agrippa | vi |
Postumus, Marcus Cassianius Latinius | 47, 52, 70 |
Potipherah | 48 |
Prasutagus | vii |
Probus, Marcus Aurelius | 22, 32, 40, 51, 62 |
Procopius Caesarensis | 45 |
Propertius, Sextus | 24 |
Prussia, Frederick the great | 69 |
Ptolemy Soter | iii, xi-ii, xiv-v, xvii-viii, 1, 39, 46 |
Pye, Mr | 65 |
Pyne | 43 |
Pythagorus | 74 |
Q | |
Quirinus | 56 |
Quivil, bishop Peter | 65 |
R | |
Raleigh, Sir Walter | vi |
Ravennus | xvi, 2 |
Redvers, Baldwin de | viii |
Reynolds, Mr | vi |
Richard III | viii |
Rodd, James | 63 |
Rolle, lord | 1 |
Romulus & Remus | 24, 27, 36, 47, 50 |
Rubens | 43 |
Russell, lord | viii |
S | |
Sabina | 63, 68 |
Sada, Octavianus | 60 |
Salonina, Cornelia | 40 |
Sanders, Mr | 59 |
Sapor | 41, 55, 71 |
Savile, Sir H | 5 |
Saturnalis, Camilius | 6 |
Scaliger, Joseph Justus | 46 |
Scapula, Ostorius | v |
Schottus, Andreas | xiv |
Scipio, Publius Cornelius | 54 |
Seaward, Sir Edward | 42 |
Seaward, J | 42 |
Sejanus, Lucius Aelius | 3 |
Semiramis | 65 |
Severus Alexander, Marcus Aurelius | 52-3, 56 |
Severus, Lucius Septimius | xi, 19, 22, 28, 40, 47-8, 50, 61, 65-8 |
Shortt, W P | 7 |
Siculus, Diodorus | iii |
Sigonius, Carolus | xii |
Smith, C Roach | vii, xvi, 59 |
Snyders | 43 |
Socrates | 41 |
Solyman, the magnificent | 62 |
Sprigge, J | viii, 63 |
Stephen, king | viii |
Strabo | iii, 44, 74 |
Stukely | iv, vi, xiv, xvi, xx, 37, 42, 56 |
Sueno the Dane | vii, xi |
Suetonius, Gius | 22, 25, 32, 36, 43, 47-8, 58, 64 |
Suritas, Hieronymus | xiv |
T | |
Tacitus | iii, vii, ix, 26, 38, 66 |
Tarquin | 60 |
Tertullian, Quintus Septimiens Florus | 49, 60, 66 |
Tetricus the younger | 19, 21, 27, 31, 48, 62, 67 |
Tetricus the elder | 22, 27, 31, 34-5, 37, 50, 54, 56, 66 |
Theodora, empress | 67 |
Theodorus | 46 |
Theodosius | iii, xi, 22, 29, 33, 38, 43-5, 50, 58 |
Tiberius | 51 |
Titus | 32, 38, 45, 50, 57, 65 |
Trajan, Nerva Optimus | 20, 24, 31, 34-5, 37, 46, 48-9, 51-2, 57-8, 61-3, 68-9, 72-3 |
Trehane | 59 |
Tullius, Servius | 40 |
U | |
Upham, Mr | xiv |
V | |
Vaillant, Le | 27, 31-2, 36, 39, 41, 45, 52 |
Valens, Flavius Julius | 27, 33, 44-6, 49, 51, 60, 64, 66-8, 70 |
Valentinian I | 22, 33, 38, 42-3, 45, 50, 52, 54, 59-61, 63-4, 66, 73 |
Valerian, Publius Licinius | 20, 41 |
Valerianus | 41, 71 |
Varro, Marcus Terentius | 48, 54 |
Vegetius, Publius Flavius | 28 |
Vespasian | iii, v, vii, 23, 25-6, 29, 31-2, 34, 36-7, 39-40, 42, 45, 49-50, 52, 56-7, 59, 63, 66-70 |
Vetranio, Flavius | 54 |
Victorina (Victoria) | 22, 24 |
Victorinus | 21, 36, 40, 64, 66, 70 |
Victorinus the elder | 23 |
Virgil, Publius | 57, 74-5 |
Vitalis, Julius | xv |
Vossius, Gerardus | 46 |
W | |
Walker | iv, 53 |
Wallace, Sir William | iii |
Wallis | vi |
Walsh, Dr | iv |
Warbeck, Perkin | viii |
Warlewast, bishop William | 65 |
Warwick, earl of | viii |
William I, Conqueror | 55 |
William III | ix |
X | |
Xiphilinis, Joannes | 65 |
Z | |
Zenobia | 37, 41, 65, 71 |
Zeuxis | 41 |
Zosimus | 29-30, 44-5, 54, 62, 67-9, 71 |