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We have seen that Roman lawyers regarded vestigia, which originally meant the tracks left by an animal, as a form of evidence.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Post hunc consequitur sollerti corde Prometheus, 295Extenuata gerens veteris vestigia poenae, Quam quondam scythicis restrictus membra catena Persolvit pendens e verticibus praeruptis.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Sed in longum tamen ævum Manserunt, hodieque manent vestigia ruris.

From Essays by Hume, David

Verum postea perlustrato attentius loco, lineolæ, quæ primam aciem fugerat, ductus quosdam ac vestigia satis certa deprehendi, præsertim ad partem sinistram, quæ peripheriam literæ pertingit,” &c.—In loco.936.Clem.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

The poverty of Devonshire in memorials of the Roman period is shown by the fact that, outside Exeter, there are not a dozen places in the county which have yielded Roman vestigia other than coins.

From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.