Eboracum

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Eboracum was the major Roman fortress and city that later became the English city of York, serving as an important military and administrative center in Roman Britain.

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Eboracum canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city
Roman fortress
archaeological site
abandonedBy Roman army
surface form: Roman military
country Roman Empire
declinePeriod late 4th century AD
economy metalworking
production of pottery
trade center for northern Britain
foundedAroundYear AD 71
foundedBy Legio IX Hispana
Legio VI Victrix
Romans
foundedInCentury 1st century AD
function administrative center
military fortress
provincial capital
garrisonedBy Legio IX Hispana
Legio VI Victrix
hadStatus colonia
municipium
hadStructure amphitheatre
basilica
bathhouses
bridge over the River Ouse
civilian settlement (canabae)
legionary fortress
principia
stone walls
hosted Roman imperial court
surface form: imperial court of Septimius Severus
locatedIn Britannia Inferior
Britannia Secunda
England
North Yorkshire
Roman Britain
York, England
surface form: modern city of York
locatedOn River Foss
River Ouse
modernName York
notableEvent death of Emperor Septimius Severus
proclamation of Constantine the Great as emperor
partOf Hadrian's Wall
surface form: Hadrianic frontier system
presentDayRemains Clifford's Tower
surface form: Multangular Tower in York

Roman bath remains in York
York Museum Gardens
religion Mithraic cults
early Christianity
worship of Roman gods
servedAs capital of Britannia Inferior
capital of Britannia Secunda
succeededBy Anglian settlement of Eoforwic
visitedBy Constantius Chlorus
surface form: Emperor Constantius Chlorus

Hadrian
surface form: Emperor Hadrian

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York RomanName Eboracum
Septimius Severus deathPlace Eboracum
Roman fort of Mamucium connectedByRoadTo Eboracum
subject surface form: Mamucium
York, England RomanName Eboracum
Jórvík precededBy Eboracum
Legio VI Victrix garrisonedIn Eboracum
Legio VI Victrix stationedAt Eboracum
Britannia Inferior capital Eboracum
Britannia Secunda capital Eboracum
Chlorus deathPlace Eboracum
subject surface form: Constantius Chlorus
Roman Ermine Street connects Eboracum
subject surface form: Ermine Street
Roman Ermine Street terminus Eboracum
subject surface form: Ermine Street
Britannia hasMajorCity Eboracum