Ictis British tin was shipped from Massalia on the Mediterranean coast of Gaul. Julius Caesar, in his "De Bello Gallico", says of the Veneti: "This last-named people were by far the most powerful on the coast of Armorica: they had a large fleet plying between their own ports and Britain; they knew more about the handling of ships and the science of navigation than anyone else thereabouts." William Camden, the Elizabethan historian, took the view that the name "Ictis" was so similar to "Vectis", the Latin name for the Isle of Wight, that the two were probably the same island. The
Roman Inscriptions of Britain part of an altar with the inscription "[I(ovi)] O(ptimo) M(aximo) D(olicheno) | ...] Sabini fil(ia)| ...]ina, Regulus| ...]Publi[...". This inscription is shown here with the critical marks from the "RIB" intact. Roman Inscriptions of Britain Roman Inscriptions of Britain is a 3-volume corpus of inscriptions found in Britain from the Roman period. It is an important reference work for all scholars of Roman Britain. This monumental work was initiated by Francis J. Haverfield – his notebooks were bequeathed to the University of Oxford. The first volume, "Inscriptions on Stone" was then edited by R.G. Collingwood and R.P. Wright with an