Eboracum (colonia) overview
Other name(s) Jórvík
Modern name(s) York
Region Europe
Section British Isles
Latitude 53.95831131 N suggest info
Longitude 1.08653679 W
Status Imprecise
Info The Roman conquest of Britain began in 43 CE but advance beyond the Humber did not take place until the early 70s CE. This was because the people in the area known as the Brigantes by the Romans became a Roman client state. When their leadership changed becoming more hostile to Rome Roman General Quintus Petillius Cerialis led the Ninth Legion north from Lincoln across the Humber. Eboracum was founded in 71 CE when Cerialis and the Ninth Legion constructed a military fortress (castra) on flat ground above the River Ouse near its junction with the River Foss. In the same year Cerialis was appointed Governor of Britain.
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53.958311, -1.086537 === 53.958311 N, 1.086537 W === 53° 57' 29.9" N, 1° 5' 11.5" W
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Related site Eburacum (castellum), circa 266 m (290 yd) north-east
Nearest sites Isurium Brigantum, Aldborough, circa 24.4 km (15.1 mi) north-west
Pickering Castle, circa 38.3 km (23.8 mi) north-east
Olicana, Verbeia, Ilkley, circa 48.4 km (30.1 mi) west
Castle Hill, circa 58.5 km (36.3 mi) south-west
Rigodunum, circa 73.3 km (45.5 mi) west
Virosidium, Bainbridge, circa 76.4 km (47.5 mi) west
Ardotalia, Melandra Castle, circa 81.8 km (50.8 mi) south-west
Hob Hurst's House, circa 87.1 km (54.1 mi) south-west
Vinovia, Caption, circa 88.6 km (55 mi) north-west
Bole Hill, circa 90.7 km (56.3 mi) south-west
Mamucium, Manchester, circa 93.8 km (58.3 mi) west
Maiden Castle, Cumbria, circa 95.1 km (59.1 mi) north-west
Durham, Dunelm, Duresme, circa 96.1 km (59.7 mi) north-west
Bee Low, circa 96.5 km (59.9 mi) south-west
Arbor Low, circa 98.5 km (61.2 mi) south-west
Gib Hill, circa 98.8 km (61.4 mi) south-west
Verteris, circa 101.9 km (63.3 mi) north-west
Minninglow, circa 102.2 km (63.5 mi) south-west
Wolfscote Hil, circa 104.2 km (64.7 mi) south-west
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Database ID 8643, created 10 Apr 2012, 00:10, Last changed 25 Dec 2014, 22:29