Deva Victrix

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Deva Victrix was the major Roman legionary fortress and settlement that later developed into the modern English city of Chester.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Deva Victrix canonical 8
Victrix 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legionary fortress
Roman settlement
archaeological site
country United Kingdom
currentUse underlies modern urban area of Chester
evidenceType building remains
coins
inscriptions
pottery
excavatedBy archaeologists
foundedBy Roman army
foundedInPeriod 1st century AD
function administrative centre
military base
supply base
garrisonedBy Legio XX Valeria Victrix
Twentieth Legion
hasFeature amphitheatre
baths
civilian settlement (canabae) nearby
defensive walls
gates
granaries
harbour facilities on the River Dee
legionary fortress
principia (headquarters building)
via praetoria
via principalis
heritageStatus protected archaeological remains
languageOfName Latin
locatedIn Cheshire
Chester
linked to: City of Chester

England
Roman Britain
materialUsed stone
timber
modernSuccessor Chester
namedAfter River Dee
goddess Deva
linked to: Deva
near River Dee
partOf Roman Empire
Roman military frontier system in Britain
region North West England
shape playing-card shaped fortress
strategicRole base for campaigns in Wales
base for operations in northern Britain
control of access to Irish Sea

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City of Chester hasHistoricName Deva Victrix
Mamucium connectedByRoadTo Deva Victrix
subject linked to: Roman fort of Mamucium
Chester hasHistoricalName Deva Victrix
subject linked to: Chester, United Kingdom
Deva hasLatinName Deva Victrix
Legio VI Victrix hasCognomen Victrix
linked to: Deva Victrix
Legio XX Valeria Victrix hasEpitheton Victrix
linked to: Deva Victrix
Roman Britain significantPlace Deva Victrix
Britannia hasMajorCity Deva Victrix