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- Mais_(Bowness) abstract "Mais, or Maia, (with the modern name of Bowness-on-Solway) in Cumbria, England was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, and was the last fort at the western end of the Wall. The Notitia Dignitatum does not mention the fort at Bowness on Solway, but the Ravenna Cosmography gives the name of the fort as 'Maia', and the Rudge Cup gives the name as 'Mais'. It is thought that the fort was called 'Maia' meaning 'The Larger' because it was the second largest fort on the Wall. However there is also a possibility that the fort was named after the Greek and Roman goddess Maia.".