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The Roman campaigns of conquest in Wales are documented in surviving ancient sources, which record in particular the resistance and ultimate conquest of two of the five native tribes, the Silures of the south east, and the Ordovices of central and northern Wales. Aside from the many Roman-related discoveries at sites along the southern coast ...
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global ...
The fort lasted until about 120, when the associated civilian vicus took over and the place became a town. [1] A map from 1723 by William Stukeley places Mori dunum (Caermarthen) at the western extremity of the network of Roman roads in Southern Wales. [2]
Roman towns in what is now Wales, by original name if known Pages in category "Roman towns in Wales" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The only town in Wales founded by the Romans, Caerwent, is located in South Wales. Both Caerwent and Carmarthen, also in southern Wales, would become Roman civitates. [32] Map of the Roman invasion of Wales. By AD 47, Rome had invaded and conquered all of southernmost and southeastern Britain under the first Roman governor of Britain.
When Britannia was a Roman province, Carmarthen was the civitas capital of the Demetae tribe, known as Moridunum [3] ("Sea Fort"). It is possibly the oldest town in Wales, recorded by Ptolemy and in the Antonine Itinerary. The Roman fort is believed to date from about AD 75. A Roman coin hoard was found nearby in 2006. [6]
In Wales, as in England and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch [citation needed]. Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representation in 1536, but the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 recognised only 20 Welsh ...
Caerwent (Welsh: Caer-went) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.It is located about five miles west of Chepstow and 11 miles east of Newport.It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe.