of the name remains ; and , even the slight resemblance between Othona and Ithane, on which CAMDEN relies, is diminished, if Mr. KNOCKER's version of the name be correct, for he writes it, Othoma. Now the name of Hastings is plainly of Saxon or Danish origin :- it must, therefore, have supplanted some older Roman name. Can it be that Othona, the chief of the Ports under the Roman Count, was identical with Hastings, the chief of the same Ports under the Saxon Warden.
The Itinerary of Antoninus mentions only three ports, Rutupiae , Dubris, Lemanis : and,as Mr. KNOCKER observes, " probably he was making the journey of Kent only," a very good reason for the omission of Hastings and Anderida ; though he is puzzled to account for the omission of the latter, as he connects it with Newenden in Kent, contrary to the conclusion of most antiquaries.
