Viroconium Cornoviorum

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Viroconium Cornoviorum was a major Roman town in Roman Britain, located near modern Wroxeter in Shropshire and once one of the largest urban centres in the province.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Viroconium Cornoviorum canonical 6
Viroconium 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
settlement in Roman Britain ⓘ
abandonedByCentury 7th century ⓘ
archaeologicalRemainsAt Wroxeter Roman City ⓘ
civitasOf Cornovii ⓘ
connectedBy Roman roads ⓘ
country Roman Britain ⓘ
developedFrom Roman military fortress ⓘ
distanceFromShrewsbury about 5 miles southeast ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists ⓘ
foundedInCentury 1st century ⓘ
governedBy local council of decurions ⓘ
gridReference SJ565082 ⓘ
hadFeature basilica ⓘ
forum ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
street grid ⓘ
town walls ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf commercial activity ⓘ
domestic housing ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
hasModernName Wroxeter ⓘ
linked to: Wroxeter Roman City
hasNearbyChurch St Andrew’s Church, Wroxeter ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Old Work ⓘ
hasReconstruction Roman town house reconstruction ⓘ
hasSiteMuseum Wroxeter Roman City museum ⓘ
linked to: Wroxeter Roman City
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage Latin ⓘ
LatinName Viroconium Cornoviorum ⓘ
linkedTo Uriconium (alternative name) ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Wroxeter ⓘ
linked to: Wroxeter Roman City
locatedOn River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Severn
managedBy English Heritage ⓘ
namedAfter Cornovii ⓘ
nearbySettlement Atcham ⓘ
OldWorkInstanceOf surviving fragment of basilica wall ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf province of Britannia ⓘ
peakPopulationApprox 5000–7000 inhabitants ⓘ
postRomanReuse stone robbed for local buildings ⓘ
region West Midlands ⓘ
servedAs civitas capital ⓘ
wasOneOf largest towns in Roman Britain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Wroxeter Roman City → partOf → Viroconium Cornoviorum ⓘ
Wroxeter Roman City → hasLatinName → Viroconium Cornoviorum ⓘ
Wroxeter Roman City → alsoKnownAs → Viroconium ⓘ
linked to: Viroconium Cornoviorum
Wroxeter Roman City → alsoKnownAs → Viroconium Cornoviorum ⓘ
Britannia → hasMajorCity → Viroconium Cornoviorum ⓘ
Viroconium Cornoviorum → LatinName → Viroconium Cornoviorum ⓘ
Watling Street → connects → Viroconium Cornoviorum ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman road Watling Street