NATORES
BANNE S.S. (sacraverunt)
To the holy god
Silvanus,
The hunters of
Banna
Have consecrated this.
THE NYMPHS.
Silvanus seems to have presided over woods and boundaries. Several altars have been erected to him along the line. Forests must at that time have covered a great portion of the country, and given shelter to beasts of chase worthy of the martial prowess of the occupants of the Isthmus.
A host of female forms, denominated nymphs, haunted mountain, valley, and stream.