Sallustius Lucullus, who succeeded Agricola as Pro-praetor, was slain by Domitian only for the invention of an improved lance, known by his name (as rifles now are called Mausers, etc.).

[189]

See p. 117.

[190]

All highways were made Royal Roads before the end of the 12th century, so that the course of the original four became matter of purely antiquarian interest.

[191]

Where it struck that sea is disputed, but Henry of Huntingdon's assertion that it ran straight from London to Chester seems the most probable.