Britannia (Roman province)

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Roman province historical region

Britannia was a Roman province encompassing much of modern-day England and Wales, serving as the empire’s northwestern frontier and site of major fortifications and military activity.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Roman Britain 9
province of Britannia 4
Britannia province 3

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCentre Londinium ⓘ
administrativeDiocese Diocese of the Britains ⓘ
BoudicanRevoltDate AD 60–61 ⓘ
capital Londinium ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman conquest of Britain ⓘ
surface form: Roman Empire under Emperor Claudius
conquestBegan AD 43 ⓘ
dividedInto Britannia Inferior ⓘ
Britannia (Roman province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Britannia Superior
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
metal production ⓘ
mining ⓘ
export grain ⓘ
iron ⓘ
lead ⓘ
tin ⓘ
firstRomanEmperorInvolved Claudius ⓘ
fortification Hadrian's Wall ⓘ
Saxon Shore forts ⓘ
legionary fort at Deva Victrix ⓘ
legionary fort at Eboracum ⓘ
legionary fort at Isca Silurum ⓘ
governedBy Roman governor ⓘ
governorRank senatorial legate of Augusti ⓘ
invadedBy Angles ⓘ
Jutes ⓘ
Saxons ⓘ
knownFor Romanization of local elites ⓘ
frontier fortifications ⓘ
heavy military presence ⓘ
language Insular Celtic languages ⓘ
surface form: Brittonic languages

Latin ⓘ
laterDivision Britannia Prima ⓘ
Britannia Secunda ⓘ
Maxima Caesariensis ⓘ
surface form: Flavia Caesariensis

Maxima Caesariensis ⓘ
Valentia ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
legacy basis for later name Britain ⓘ
legionStationed Roman legion ⓘ
surface form: Legio II Augusta

Legio VI Victrix ⓘ
Legio XX Valeria Victrix ⓘ
locatedIn island of Great Britain ⓘ
northwestern Europe ⓘ
majorCity Camulodunum ⓘ
Corinium Dobunnorum ⓘ
Deva Victrix ⓘ
Eboracum ⓘ
Isca Silurum ⓘ
Londinium ⓘ
Venta Silurum ⓘ
Verulamium ⓘ
northernFrontier Antonine Wall ⓘ
Hadrian's Wall ⓘ
notableRevolt Boudican revolt ⓘ
partOf Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
preRomanInhabitants Celtic tribes ⓘ
surface form: Celtic Britons

various Brittonic tribes ⓘ
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ
local Celtic cults ⓘ
representedBy personification Britannia in Roman art ⓘ
romanRuleEnded around AD 410 ⓘ
romanWithdrawal early 5th century ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo modern England ⓘ
modern Wales ⓘ
servedAs northwestern frontier of the Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hadrian's Wall → locatedIn → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
Hadrian's Wall → era → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
Castlefield → historicalPeriod → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
Saint Patrick → birthPlace → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
The Birth of Britain → coversPeriodStart → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
City of Chester → eraOfOrigin → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
York → hasHistoricPeriod → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
Britannia (Roman province) → dividedInto → Britannia (Roman province) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia Superior
Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site → location → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Britannia (remains)
Watling Street → locatedIn → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
Roman Baths → builtDuring → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
Chesters Roman Fort → timePeriod → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Britain
Antonine Wall → locatedIn → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Britannia
Britannia → historicalPrecursor → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman province of Britannia
Gallia Belgica → borderedBy → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia (province)
Verulamium → partOf → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Britannia
Londinium → locatedIn → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia province
Camulodunum → locatedIn → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia province
Camulodunum → wasCapitalOf → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Britannia
Roman Chichester → partOf → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Britannia
Rutupiae → locatedIn → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia province
Durovernum Cantiacorum → partOf → Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ
this entity surface form: province of Britannia