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.

Aliases (4)

Roman Britain ×9
Roman province of Britannia ×2
Britannia Superior ×1
Roman province of Britannia (remains) ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman province → historical region →
administrativeCentre	Londinium →
administrativeDiocese	Diocese of the Britains →
BoudicanRevoltDate	AD 60–61 →
capital	Londinium →
conqueredBy	Roman Empire under Emperor Claudius →
conquestBegan	AD 43 →
dividedInto	Britannia Inferior → 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	Brittonic languages → Latin →
laterDivision	Britannia Prima → Britannia Secunda → Flavia Caesariensis → Maxima Caesariensis → Valentia →
laterReligion	Christianity →
legacy	basis for later name Britain →
legionStationed	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 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 (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antonine Wall ("Roman province of Britannia") → Hadrian's Wall → Watling Street ("Roman Britain") →	locatedIn
Saint Patrick ("Roman Britain") →	birthPlace
Roman Baths ("Roman Britain") →	builtDuring
The Birth of Britain ("Roman Britain") →	coversPeriodStart
Britannia (Roman province) ("Britannia Superior") →	dividedInto
Hadrian's Wall ("Roman Britain") →	era
City of Chester ("Roman Britain") →	eraOfOrigin
York ("Roman Britain") →	hasHistoricPeriod
Castlefield ("Roman Britain") →	historicalPeriod
Britannia ("Roman province of Britannia") →	historicalPrecursor
Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site ("Roman province of Britannia (remains)") →	location
Chesters Roman Fort ("Roman Britain") →	timePeriod