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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 ...
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 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]
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 ...
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]
Historical Directories, England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919; Hofmann: Lexicon Universale; Notitia Dignitatum: The British Section; Pliny the Elder: the Natural History; Ptolemy: the Geography; Roman Map of Britain; Tacitus: Agricola (English) List of Latin placenames in Britain
Traditional arrangement of the Roman provinces after Camden, [1] This is a list of cities in Great Britain during the period of Roman occupation from 43 AD to the 5th century. Roman cities were known as civitas in Latin. They were mostly fortified settlements where native tribal peoples lived, governed by the Roman officials.
Original Roman work can, however, still be distinguished in the wall facings. A town grew up under the castle, consisting mainly of settlers from England. [34] Cardiff had a population of between 1,500 and 2,000 in the Middle Ages – a normal size for a Welsh town in the period. [35] It was the centre of the Norman Marcher Lordship of Glamorgan.