Durovernum Cantiacorum
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Durovernum Cantiacorum was the Roman-era name for the settlement that later became the English city of Canterbury, an important town in the Roman province of Britannia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Durovernum Cantiacorum canonical | 1 |
| Roman town of Durovernum Cantiacorum | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman town
ⓘ
ancient settlement ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedEmpire | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Cantiaci ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
Roman road to Dubris (Dover)
ⓘ
Roman road to Londinium ⓘ Roman road to Portus Lemanis (Lympne) ⓘ Roman road to Rutupiae (Richborough) ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| developedFrom | earlier military or supply post after the Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Canterbury, Kent, England
ⓘ
surface form:
medieval city of Canterbury
|
| function | civic centre for the surrounding civitas of the Cantiaci ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
Roman cemeteries
ⓘ
domestic townhouses ⓘ hypocaust heating systems ⓘ mosaic floors ⓘ |
| hasEthnicDesignation | Cantiacorum (of the Cantiaci) ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Roman street grid
ⓘ
bridge over the River Stour ⓘ public baths ⓘ theatre or amphitheatre nearby ⓘ town walls in the later Roman period ⓘ |
| hasNameElement |
"-vernum" possibly related to alder trees or a river name
ⓘ
"Duro-" meaning fort or walled town in Brittonic ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | derived from a pre-Roman Celtic place-name ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Roman pagan cults
ⓘ
early Christianity in the later Roman period ⓘ |
| hasUrbanStatus | civitas capital ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Britannia
ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Canterbury
ⓘ
England ⓘ Kent ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southeast Britain ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Itinerary II of the Antonine Itinerary
ⓘ
surface form:
Antonine Itinerary
Ravenna Cosmography ⓘ |
| modernName | Canterbury ⓘ |
| partOf |
Britannia (Roman province)
ⓘ
surface form:
province of Britannia
territory of the Cantiaci ⓘ |
| precededBy | Iron Age oppidum or settlement of the Cantiaci ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century to 4th century CE ⓘ |
| transitionedInto | Anglo-Saxon settlement that became Cantwaraburg (Canterbury) ⓘ |
| traversedBy | River Stour ⓘ |
| wasImportantAs |
regional administrative centre in Roman Britain
ⓘ
road junction in the Roman road network in Kent ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roman town of Durovernum Cantiacorum