Glannoventa
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Glannoventa is a Roman fort associated with the Roman naval base at Ravenglass in Cumbria, England. Its name is derived from the Latin place-name Clanoventa as recorded in the 2nd-century Antonine Itinerary, Glannibanta in the 4th-century Notitia Dignitatum, and Cantiventi in the 6th-century Ravenna Cosmography.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Glannoventa is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Roman limes, England and Latin.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Muncaster, Roman fortifications in England and Roman sites in Cumbria.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- borders of the Roman Empire
- Has part
- Ravenglass Roman Bath House
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Muncaster
- Area
- 2.2923
- Location
- Ravenglass
- Image
- Glannoventa Roman Fort, Ravenglass - geograph.org.uk - 1335587.jpg
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- located in protected area
- Lake District National Park
- historic county
- Cumberland
- Commons category
- Glannoventa
- associated electoral district
- Barrow and Furness
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Extra mural structures
- Roman Bath House
- Vicus
- References
Glannoventa is a Roman fort associated with the Roman naval base at Ravenglass in Cumbria, England. Its name is derived from the Latin place-name Clanoventa as recorded in the 2nd-century Antonine Itinerary, Glannibanta in the 4th-century Notitia Dignitatum, and Cantiventi in the 6th-century Ravenna Cosmography.
An infantry unit of the Roman army based at the fort in 158 AD was the First Cohort Aelia Classica, where ‘Aelius’ was the family name of the Emperor Hadrian, while ‘Classica’ is derived from the Latin classis ‘fleet’, suggesting that the soldiers were recruited from the fleet in Hadrian's time (117 to 138).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glannoventa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations