Eboracum

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Eboracum was the major Roman fortress and city that later became the English city of York, serving as an important military and administrative center in Roman Britain.

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Eboracum canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city
Roman fortress
archaeological site
abandonedBy Roman military
linked to: Roman army
country Roman Empire
declinePeriod late 4th century AD
economy metalworking
production of pottery
trade center for northern Britain
foundedAroundYear AD 71
foundedBy Legio IX Hispana
Legio VI Victrix
Romans
foundedInCentury 1st century AD
function administrative center
military fortress
provincial capital
garrisonedBy Legio IX Hispana
Legio VI Victrix
hadStatus colonia
municipium
hadStructure amphitheatre
basilica
bathhouses
bridge over the River Ouse
civilian settlement (canabae)
legionary fortress
principia
stone walls
hosted imperial court of Septimius Severus
locatedIn Britannia Inferior
Britannia Secunda
England
North Yorkshire
Roman Britain
modern city of York
linked to: York, England
locatedOn River Foss
River Ouse
modernName York
notableEvent death of Emperor Septimius Severus
proclamation of Constantine the Great as emperor
partOf Hadrianic frontier system
linked to: Hadrian's Wall
presentDayRemains Multangular Tower in York
linked to: Clifford's Tower

Roman bath remains in York
York Museum Gardens
religion Mithraic cults
early Christianity
worship of Roman gods
servedAs capital of Britannia Inferior
capital of Britannia Secunda
succeededBy Anglian settlement of Eoforwic
visitedBy Emperor Constantius Chlorus
linked to: Constantius Chlorus

Emperor Hadrian
linked to: Hadrian

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Referenced by (19)

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York RomanName Eboracum
Septimius Severus deathPlace Eboracum
Mamucium connectedByRoadTo Eboracum
subject linked to: Roman fort of Mamucium
York, England RomanName Eboracum
Jórvík precededBy Eboracum
Legio VI Victrix garrisonedIn Eboracum
Legio VI Victrix stationedAt Eboracum
Britannia Inferior capital Eboracum
Britannia Secunda capital Eboracum
Constantius Chlorus deathPlace Eboracum
subject linked to: Chlorus
Ermine Street connects Eboracum
subject linked to: Roman Ermine Street
Ermine Street terminus Eboracum
subject linked to: Roman Ermine Street
Britannia hasMajorCity Eboracum