Classis Britannica

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Classis Britannica was the Roman imperial fleet responsible for naval operations and coastal defense around Roman Britain and the English Channel.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Classis Britannica canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial fleet ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 3rd century AD ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1st century AD ⓘ
associatedWith Saxon Shore forts ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
evidenceFrom archaeological remains ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
tile stamps ⓘ
garrisoned marines ⓘ
naval personnel ⓘ
shipwrights and craftsmen ⓘ
hadBase Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
Brancaster ⓘ
Dover ⓘ
Dubris ⓘ
Gesoriacum ⓘ
Lympne ⓘ
Pevensey region ⓘ
linked to: Pevensey

Portus Lemanis ⓘ
Reculver ⓘ
linked to: Reculver, Kent

Richborough ⓘ
Rutupiae ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
meaningOfName British Fleet ⓘ
operatedIn English Channel ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ
partOf Roman navy ⓘ
role coastal defense ⓘ
escort of convoys ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
patrol and surveillance ⓘ
transport of troops and supplies ⓘ
subordinateTo Praetorian prefect of the fleets ⓘ
Roman provincial administration of Britannia ⓘ
supportedCampaignOf Aulus Plautius ⓘ
Claudius’s invasion of Britain ⓘ
Gnaeus Julius Agricola ⓘ
Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ
task anti-piracy operations ⓘ
ferrying legions to and from Britain ⓘ
logistical support for frontier garrisons ⓘ
protecting coastal settlements ⓘ
securing sea routes between Britain and Gaul ⓘ
tileStampInscription CL BR ⓘ
usedShipType liburnian warships ⓘ
transport ships ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Roman navy → hadUnit → Classis Britannica ⓘ
Portus Lemanis → usedBy → Classis Britannica ⓘ
CL BR → fullForm → Classis Britannica ⓘ
CL BR → usedBy → Classis Britannica ⓘ
Classis Britannica → hasLatinName → Classis Britannica ⓘ
subject linked to: British Fleet