ess in Britain on the Dee.
It was occupied by Roman troops about A.D. 48 and held probably till the
end of the Roman dominion. Its garrison was the Legio XX. Valeria
Victrix, with which another legion (II. Adjutrix) was associated for a
few years, about A.D. 75-85. It never developed, like many Roman
legionary fortresses, into a town, but remained military throughout.
Parts of its north and east walls (from Morgan's Mount to Peppergate)
and numerous inscriptions remain to indicate its character and area.

See F. J. Haverfield, _Catalogue of the Grosvenor Museum, Chester_
(Chester, 1900), Introduction.

DEVADATTA, the son of Suklodana, who was younger brother to the father
of the Buddha (_Mah[=a]vastu_, iii. 76). Both he and his brother
[=A]nanda, who were considerably younger than the Buddha, joined the
brotherhood in the twentieth year of the Buddha's ministry. Four other
cousins of theirs, chiefs of the S[=a]kiya clan, and a barber named
Up[=a]li, were admitted to the order at the same time; and at their own
request the barber was admitted first, so that as their senior in the
order he should take precedence of them (_Vinaya Texts_, iii. 228). All
the others continued loyal disciples, but Devadatta, fifteen years
afterwards, having gained over the crown prince of Magadha,
Aj[=a]tasattu, to his side, made a formal proposition, at the meeting of
the order, that the Buddha should retire, and hand over the leadership
to him, Devadatta (_Vinaya Texts_, iii. 238; _J[=a]taka_, i. 142). This
proposal was rejected, and Devadatta is said in the tradition to have
successfully instigated the prince to the execution of his aged father
and to have made three abortive attempts to bring about the death of the
Buddha (_Vinaya Texts_, iii. 241-250; _J[=a]taka_, vi. 131), shortly
afterwards, relying upon the feeling of the people in favour of
asceticism, he brought forward four propositions for ascetic rules to be
imposed on the order. These being refused, he appealed to the people,
started an order of his own, and gained over 500 of the Buddha's
community to join in the secession. We hear nothing further about the
success or otherwise of the new order, but it may possibly be referred
to under the name of the Gotamakas, in the _Anguttara_ (see _Dialogues
of the Buddha_ i. 222), for Devadatta's family name was Gotama. But his
community was certainly still in existence in the 4th century A.D., for
it is especially mentioned by Fa H