" A.D. 286-305.
Alectus, brass (Emperor in Britain). A.D. 293-296.
Constantius Chlorus, brass. A.D. 305-306.
Maxentius, copper, a "follis." A.D. 306-312.
Constantine the Great, brass. A.D. 306-337.
Crispus, brass. A.D. 326.
Magnentius, brass (Emperor in Gaul and Britain). A.D. 350-353.
Constantine II., brass (struck in London). A.D. 337-340.
Constans, brass. A.D. 337-350.
Constantius II., brass. A.D. 337-361.
Valens, brass. A.D. 364-378.
Gratian, brass. A.D. 375-383.
Theodosius I., brass. A.D. 379-395.
Arcadius, brass (Emperor in East). A.D. 395-408.
Honorius, brass (Emperor in West). A.D. 395-423.
Byzantine coin, bronze, date not known exactly but later than Honorius,
so showing that the Romans held Horncastle against Saxon invaders.

[Picture: Mammoth Tooth from gravel of River Bain, south of Horncastle.
Weight 2-lbs 6-oz., length 5.25-in., breadth 6.5-in., thickness 2-in.]

A Roman milestone was discovered in the Bail, at Lincoln, in 1891, {5a}
inscribed with the name of Marcus Piavonius Victorinus, who commanded in
Gaul and Britain, and which must have been set up during his period of
office, about A D. 267. The site of this was the point of intersection
of the two main streets, which would be the centre of the Roman Forum at
Lindum, one of these streets leading to Horncastle; from Horncastle also
there branched off, as will be hereafter noted, several main Roman roads.

As Horncastle stands on the banks of the river Bain it has been taken by
Stukeley, the antiquarian, and by others following him, {5b} to have been
the Roman Banovallum or "Fort on the Bain," mentioned by the Roman
geographer of Ravenna; {5c} although, however, most probably correct,
this is a mere conjecture. On the road between Horncastle and Lincoln we
have the village of Baumber, also called Bamburgh, and this latter form
of the name might well mean a "burgh," or fort, on the Bain, the river
running just below the village. The two names, however, might well exist
at different periods. It may be here mentioned that this form, Bamburg,
is found in _Harleian Charter_ 56, c. i, B.M., dated at Wodehalle,
December, 1328.

Tacitus, the Roman historian, {5e} tells us that the Romans "wore out the
bodies and hands of the Britons in opening out the forests, and paving or
fortifying the roads," and we can well imagine that those skilled
generals would see the advantageous position for a stronghold in the
angle formed by the jun