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generally, that Romans inscribed their tombstones _and altars with dedications to the Dii Manes, and to Jupiter Optimus _ Maximus: or to the “unconquerable Mithras best and greatest Lord of Ages”; to Serapisand Hercules; or the Dew Matres (or Matron); to Ceres, Mercury and Silvanus (see Wright's Celt. Rom. and Sam, chap. x). “Not a trace is found of the religion of the gospel,” though most of these texts belong to the latest period of Roman occupation. In 597 Augustin landed in England.