Eboracum
Sign in to saveEboracum () was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britannia and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ultimately developed into the present-day city of York, in North Yorkshire, England.
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- Ancient site.name
- Eboracum
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Eburacum
- Ancient site.image
- 250px
- Ancient site.caption
- Modern statue of Constantine the Great outside York Minster
- Ancient site.map_type
- England
- Ancient site.location
- York, North Yorkshire, England
- Ancient site.region
- Britannia
- Ancient site.type
- Fortification and settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Quintus Petillius Cerialis
- Ancient site.built
- 71
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Imperial
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Leslie Peter Wenham
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Eboracum () was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britannia and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ultimately developed into the present-day city of York, in North Yorkshire, England.
Two Roman emperors died in Eboracum: Septimius Severus in 211 AD, and Constantius Chlorus in 306 AD.
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