"Segedunum Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall (in Wallsend) near the banks of the River Tyne, forming the easternmost portion of the wall. It was in use as a garrison for approximately 300 years, from around 122 AD, almost up to 400AD. Today, Segedunum is the most thoroughly excavated fort along Hadrian's Wall, and is operated as Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum. Five places named Segedunum are known to have existed in the Roman empire, one each in Britain and Germany and"
"Camulodunum Camulodunum (; ), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important town in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province. It is claimed to be the oldest town in Britain. Originally the site of the Brythonic-Celtic oppidum of Camulodunon (meaning ""stronghold of Camulos""), capital of the Trinovantes and later the Catuvellauni tribes, it was first mentioned by name on coinage minted by the chieftain Tasciovanus sometime between 20 and 10 BC. The Roman town began life as a Roman Legionary base constructed in the AD 40s on the site of the"
"Segontium Segontium () is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales. The fort, which survived until the end of the Roman occupation of Britain, was garrisoned by Roman auxiliaries from present-day Belgium and Germany. It was the most important military base and administrative centre in this part of Britain. The fort probably takes its name either directly from the Afon Seiont or from a British settlement itself named for the river. It is possible, however, that it is connected to the Segontiaci, a British tribe mentioned by Julius Caesar. Segontium was founded by Agricola in"
"silting of the Diglis Basin caused the abandonment of Sidbury. Industrial production ceased and the settlement contracted to a defended position along the lines of the old British fort at the river terrace's southern end. This settlement is generally identified with the listed among the 28 cities of Britain in the ""History of the Britons"" attributed to Nennius. This is probably not a British name but an adaption of its Old English name , ""fort of the Weorgoran"". Worcester appears to have ceased to be an urban centre at the end of the Roman period. Instead, there appears to have"
"(Merlin), though Celticist A. O. H. Jarman suggests that instead the name Myrddin was derived from Carmarthen's name. Veprauskas has argued for the Post-Roman settlement's identification as the (""Fort Vortigern"") listed by Nennius among the 28 cities of Britain in his ""History of the Britains"". Moridunum (Carmarthen) Moridunum was a Roman fort and town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Carmarthen, located in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire (formerly in the county of Dyfed). Moridunum ( ""sea fort"") was the civitas capital of the Demetae tribe in Roman Wales and was recorded by Ptolemy and"
"Sedgefield Sedgefield is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It had a population of 5,211 as at the 2011 census. A Roman 'ladder settlement' was discovered by Channel Four's Time Team programme in 2003, in fields just to the west of Sedgefield. It consisted of rows of crofts and workshops on either side of a north-south trackway, which could be securely dated by the many finds of Roman coins. St Edmund's church in Sedgefield is noted for its ornate 17th-century Cosin woodwork, unique to County Durham after the furnishings in Brancepeth were destroyed in a fire. The"
"'victory', and so on. As applied to place names, it appears to have had the meaning of ""place of strength"" or ""place of victory"". The second element, ""-dunum"", is a Celtic term widely attested across Britain and Gaul and typically meant a fort. Thus ""Segedunum"" probably had the meaning of ""strong fort"" or ""victory fort"". The Roman wall originally terminated at Pons Aelius (Newcastle upon Tyne). Work began at Pons Aelius in 122AD and proceeded towards the west. Subsequently, in about 127AD, the wall was extended further east, possibly to protect the river crossing at Pons Aelius. A four-mile section"
"Moridunum (Carmarthen) Moridunum was a Roman fort and town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Carmarthen, located in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire (formerly in the county of Dyfed). Moridunum ( ""sea fort"") was the civitas capital of the Demetae tribe in Roman Wales and was recorded by Ptolemy and in the Antonine Itinerary. The initial fort is believed to date from about AD 75, possibly replacing the hillfort on Merlin's Hill. The fort lasted until about 120, when the associated civilian vicus took over and the place became a town. A street-grid was laid"
"Seduni, one of the four Celtic tribes of the Valais Julius Caesar mentions them as ""Nantuates Sedunos Veragrosque"". They were conquered by the Romans in the 10s BC. By 8–7 BC, Emperor Augustus praised the tribe (civitas) of the Seduni with an inscription. The town-hall is said to contain several Roman inscriptions, one of which found at Sion commemorates the Roman presence: ""Civitas Sedunorum Patrono"". Under the Romans it was known as ""Sedunum"". The Roman settlement stretched mainly from what is now St. Theodul, between the Sionne and to the west side of the hill, Valeria. Under the church, a"
"three in Gaul. The name ""Segedunum"" is known from the ""Notitia Dignitatum"" of the 4th century, but there is no consensus on its meaning. The various conjectures include ""derived from the Celtic for 'powerful' or 'victorious'"", ""derived from the [Celtic] words ""sego"" ('strength') and ""dunum"" ('fortified place')"", ""Romano-British ""Segedunum"" 'Strong-fort'"", and ""Celtic ""sechdun"" or 'dry hill'"". The first element of the name is attested widely in Gaul, Spain, Germany and Italy, and derives from the Indo-European root ""segh-"", which is reflected in various later European languages with similar meanings: Irish ""seg-"", ""segh-"" 'strength, vigour', Welsh ""hy"" 'daring, bold', German ""Sieg"""
"city was named ""Segodunum"". The roots being ""sego"" ""strong"" and ""dunum"" ""hill"", where ""Segodunum"" ""high Hill, stronghold"" is at the origin of the Gaulish name of Rodez. During the middle to the and of the Roman Empire, the city was called ""Civitas Rutenorum"", the city of the Rutènes. Then, it became ""Ruteni"" and finally Rodez. Rodez is locally pronounced """"Rodess"" [ʀodɛs] in French. That is explained by the spelling of the city in Occitan: ""Rodés"", pronounced ""Rroodess"" [rruˈðes]. Rodez was spelled with a final ""z"", instead of ""s"", to maintain the closed ""e"" of Occitan and to prevent it from"
"Eboracum Eboracum (Latin /ebo'rakum/, English or ) was a fort and city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Roman Empire and ultimately evolved into the present-day city York, occupying the same site in North Yorkshire, England. Two Roman emperors died in Eboracum: Septimius Severus in 211 AD, and Constantius Chlorus in 306 AD. The first known recorded mention of Eboracum by name is dated and is an address containing the genitive form of the settlement's name,"
"possibly reaching the Irish Sea and including the lands of the Iceni. Its capital is sometimes placed at Lindum Colonia (Lincoln). Following the Roman conquest of Britain, it was administered as a single province from Camulodunum (Colchester) and then Londinium (London) until the Severan Reforms following the revolt of its governor Clodius Albinus. These divided the territory into Upper and Lower Britain (""Britannia Superior"" and ""Inferior""), whose respective capitals were at Londinium and Eboracum (York). During the first phases of the Diocletian Reforms, Britain was under the control of the Allectus's Britannic Empire as part of the Carausian Revolt. At"
"Singidunum Singidunum (/""Singidunum"", from Celtic ) is the name for the ancient city which evolved into Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Serbian historiography also refers to it as Belgrade's City (""Београдски град""). It was recorded that a Celtic tribe, the Scordisci, settled the area in the 3rd century BC following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. The Roman Republic conquered the area in 75 BC and later garrisoned the Roman Legio IV Flavia Felix there in 86 AD. Singidunum was the birthplace to the Roman Emperor Jovian. Large part of Belgrade's downtown belongs to the ""Archaeological Site of Singidunum"", which"
"terraced houses covering the site were demolished. A section of Hadrian's Wall was excavated and a reconstruction built in the early 1990s. The Segedunum project began in January 1997 with a series of excavations in and around the Fort, as well as the construction of the bath house and the conversion of former Swan Hunter shipyard buildings to house the new museum. Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum opened to the public in June 2000. The site of the fort now contains the excavated remains of the buildings' foundation of the original fort, as well as a reconstructed Roman military"
"the original A-text), who may have come from Gloucester, taking part in the Battle of Dyrham in 577, when the city was conquered by the Anglo-Saxons. http://www.glosarch.org.uk/Gloucestercityresearch.html#GLEVUM Glevum Glevum (or, more formally, Colonia Nervia Glevensium, or occasionally ""Glouvia"") was a Roman fort in Roman Britain that became a ""colonia"" of retired legionaries in AD 97. Today, it is known as Gloucester, located in the English county of Gloucestershire. The name Glevum is taken by many present-day businesses in the area and also by the 26-mile ""Glevum Way"", a long-distance footpath or recreational walk encircling modern Gloucester. Glevum was established around"
"The later part of the Roman period had most towns build defensive walls; a pottery industry based in the New Forest exported items widely across southern Britain. A fortification near Southampton was called Clausentum, part of the Saxon Shore forts, traditionally seen as defences against maritime raids by Germanic tribes. The Romans withdrew from Britain in 410 CE. Two major Roman roads, Ermin Way and Port Way cross the north of the country connecting Calleva Atrebatum with Corinium Dobunnorum, modern Cirencester, and Old Sarum respectively. Other roads connected Venta Belgarum with Old Sarum, Wickham and Clausentum. A road, presumed to"
"""Eagle in the Snow"" begins and ends in post-Roman Segontium and references its temple of Mithras. The fort also features in ""The Crystal Cave"" and ""The Hollow Hills"" of Mary Stewart's ""Merlin"" trilogy. Segontium Segontium () is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales. The fort, which survived until the end of the Roman occupation of Britain, was garrisoned by Roman auxiliaries from present-day Belgium and Germany. It was the most important military base and administrative centre in this part of Britain. The fort probably takes its name either directly from the Afon Seiont or"
"becoming silent. Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by the Celts. After the Roman occupation, the ""oppidum"" (fortified place) was renamed ""Segodunum"", while in late Imperial times it was known as ""Civitas Rutenorum"", whence the modern name. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was captured by the Visigoths and then by the Franks, being also ravaged by the Arabs in 725. Later it was occupied by the armies of the Dukes of Aquitaine and of the Counts of Toulouse. English troops occupied Rodez during the Hundred Years War. However, in medieval times"
"Clausentum Clausentum was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. The site is believed to be located in Bitterne, which is now a suburb of Southampton. Antonine Itinerary VII documents the Roman settlement of ""Clausentum"" as being west of ""Noviomagus Reginorum"" (Chichester) and from ""Venta Belgarum"" (Winchester). In 1610, William Camden identified Southampton as being the site of ""Clausentum"" and described how at Bitterne he had seen ""old broken walls, and trenches of an antient castle"". Around 1770, John Speed claimed that ""Clausentum"" was in the area that is now known as Bitterne Manor. In 1792, the Richard"
"in the town, and signs with Latin wordings can also be found. Wallsend Metro Station has some signs in English and Latin. Such translations tend to amuse, with contrasts between today's and ancient times. Segedunum Roman Fort Museum has displays on Roman history as well as reconstructions of a bath house and a section of the Roman Wall which once stood on the site. In 2011 Wallsend had a population of 43,826 compared with 42,842 in the previous census. In Wallsend, 4.9% of the population is non-white British, which is the same as the surrounding borough. It also has the"
"Britain after participating in Vercingetorix's rebellion and either joined or established a British branch of his tribe. Based on the development of imagery on coins, by the time of the Roman conquest, some of the tribes of south-eastern Britain likely were ruled by a Belgic nobility and were culturally influenced by them. The later ""civitas"" (administrative division) of Roman Britain had towns including ""Portus Adurni"" (Portchester), and ""Clausentum"" (Southampton). The ""civitas"" capital was at ""Venta Belgarum"" (Winchester), which was built on top of an Iron Age ""oppidum"" (which was itself built on the site of two earlier abandoned hillforts), which"
"normally found in such bathhouses. Just south of the vallum causeway, a third building was found. This was a large domestic building, believed to be a mansio, or resthouse for official travellers. Condercum Condercum was a Roman fort on the site of the modern-day Condercum Estate in Benwell, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was the third fort on Hadrian's Wall, after Segedunum (Wallsend) and Pons Aelius (Newcastle), and was situated on a hilltop to the west of the city. Today, nothing can be seen of the fort or its adjoining wall, as the site is covered by"
"to the town walls. However, a serious fire spread through the town centre and the forum, basilica and market hall were never rebuilt. The settlement is generally identified as the mentioned among the 28 cities of Britain by the later ""History of the Britons"" traditionally attributed to Nennius. Ratae Corieltauvorum Ratae Corieltauvorum or simply Ratae was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Leicester, located in the English county of Leicestershire. ""Ratae"" is a latinate form of the Brittonic word for ""ramparts"" (cf. Gaelic ""rath""), suggesting the site was an Iron Age oppidum. This"
"Manduessedum Manduessedum or Manduesedum was a Roman fort and later a civilian small town in the Roman Province of Britannia. Today it is known as Mancetter, located in the English county of Warwickshire. The fort was founded in around ""c"" AD 50-AD 60 on the Watling Street Roman road. The final battle between the rebel queen of the Britons Boudica at the Battle of Watling Street may have taken place near Manduessedum. The British forces were defeated by the Roman general Suetonius Paullinus. Manduessedum developed into a civilian settlement and was the centre of a pottery making industry. Up to"
"from the River Ver to the River Lea. The Latinised name for the oppidum, and the Roman city which replaced it, was Verulamium. In Saxon times St Albans was founded on an adjacent hill. Verulamium Museum, which mainly showcases Roman items, has a pre-Roman section. Verlamion Verlamion, or Verlamio, was a settlement in Iron Age Britain. It was the centre of Tasciovanus' power and a major center of the Catuvellauni from about 20 BC until shortly after the Roman invasion of AD 43. Its location was on Prae Hill, 2 km to the west of modern St Albans. The etymology"
"for public bathhouses. The main town and fortress in the vicinity of Singidunum was Taurunum, modern Zemun, across the Sava, on the right bank of the Danube. The Celtic settlement became Roman town in the 1st century AD and was later turned into the harbor for the Singidunum's Pannonian fleet. There are remains from the Singidunum period in the modern suburban village of Brestovik, to the east, with three localized archaeological locations: ""Podunavlje-Hladna Voda-Vrtlog-Mikulje"", ""Beli Breg"" and ""Goli Breg"". There is a Roman tomb in Brestovik, dating from c. 300 and discovered in 1895. Evidence points to the tomb of"
"Noviomagus Reginorum Noviomagus Reginorum was the Roman town which is today called Chichester, situated in the modern English county of West Sussex. The name of the town is given as ""Noviomagus"" in Ptolemy and ""Navimago"" in the Ravenna cosmography. This is believed to be a Latinization of a Brittonic placename meaning ""new plain"" or ""new fields"", in other words a clearing in woodland. Its epithet is drawn from the name of the inhabitants — reconstructed variously as Reginorum, Regnorum, Regnentium, Regnensium or Regentium— in order to distinguish it from other places with the same name, notably Noviomagus in Kent. The"
"rebuilt. Its forum and basilica were completed in 79 or 81, and were dedicated in an inscription by the governor, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, to the emperor Titus. Its theatre, the first Roman theatre in Britain, was built ca 140. An inscription records that the ""civitas"" of the Catuvellauni were involved in the reconstruction of Hadrian's Wall, probably in the time of Septimius Severus in the early 3rd century. Saint Alban, the first British Christian martyr, was a citizen of Verulamium in the late 3rd or early 4th century, and was killed there. The city took its modern name from him."
"Charterhouse Roman Town Charterhouse Roman Town was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Its site is located just to the west of the village of Charterhouse-on-Mendip in the English county of Somerset. Its Latin name may have been Iscalis, but this is far from certain. Based on inscriptions on a pig of Roman lead BRIT. EX. ARG. VEB, meaning ""British (lead) from the VEB... lead-silver works"", the Roman name has been reconstructed as Vebriacum (with Iscalis more plausibly placed at Cheddar). It is associated with the Iron Age hill fort, Charterhouse Camp. The Roman landscape has been designated"
"Londinium (London) and southeastern England. Following the Roman conquest of Britain, it was administered as a single province from Camulodunum (Colchester) and then Londinium (London) until the Severan Reforms following the revolt of its governor Clodius Albinus. These divided the territory into Upper and Lower Britain (""Britannia Superior"" and ""Inferior""), whose respective capitals were at Londinium and Eboracum (York). During the first phases of the Diocletian Reforms, Britain was under the control of the Allectus's Britannic Empire as part of the Carausian Revolt. At some point after the territory was retaken by Constantius Chlorus in 296, the Diocese of the"
"Condercum Condercum was a Roman fort on the site of the modern-day Condercum Estate in Benwell, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was the third fort on Hadrian's Wall, after Segedunum (Wallsend) and Pons Aelius (Newcastle), and was situated on a hilltop to the west of the city. Today, nothing can be seen of the fort or its adjoining wall, as the site is covered by a modern reservoir and housing estate, bisected by the A186 Newcastle to Carlisle road, which follows the line of Hadrian's Wall. The remains of a small temple dedicated to Antenociticus, a local"
"Magnae Dobunnorum Magnae, sometimes Magnae Dobunnorum (Latin for ""The Greats of the Dobunni"") to distinguish it from the Magnae of the Carvetii in northern Britain, was a Romano-British town and an important market centre for the British Dobunni tribe, located near modern-day Kenchester in Herefordshire, England. The town was shaped as an irregular hexagon, with a single main street along the line of the main Roman Road running east–west through the area, and an irregular pattern of side streets with tightly packed buildings leading off it. The Roman town is securely identified with the ""Magnis"" which appears both in the"