Luguvalium

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Luguvalium was a significant Roman settlement and military center in northern Britain, located at the site of modern-day Carlisle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman military site
Roman town
archaeologicalRemainsAt Carlisle city centre NERFINISHED
associatedWithPeople Roman soldiers
local Britons
category History of Carlisle, Cumbria
Roman sites in Cumbria
Roman towns and cities in England
connectedBy Roman road network
culture Roman
flourishedInCentury 2nd century
3rd century
4th century
functionedAs civilian settlement
military center
hasEvidenceOf Roman buildings
civilian settlement (vicus)
fortifications
languageOfName Latin NERFINISHED
locatedAtSiteOf Carlisle NERFINISHED
locatedIn Roman Britain NERFINISHED
northern Britain
locatedInModernCountry England NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
locatedInModernRegion Cumbria NERFINISHED
modernNameOfSite Carlisle NERFINISHED
nearStructure Hadrian's Wall NERFINISHED
partOf Hadrian's Wall frontier system NERFINISHED
predecessorOf medieval Carlisle
regionInRomanAdministration Britannia NERFINISHED
situatedOnRiver River Eden NERFINISHED
strategicRole control of routes into Scotland
control of western end of Hadrian's Wall
timePeriod Roman Imperial period NERFINISHED
usedAs administrative center
fort
supply base
usedBy Roman army NERFINISHED

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Britannia hasMajorCity Luguvalium