Lindum Colonia

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Roman colonia Roman settlement ancient city

Lindum Colonia was the Roman settlement and colonia that developed into the modern city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Colonia Lindum 1
Lindum 1
Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colonia ⓘ
Roman settlement ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
connectedByRoad Roman Ermine Street ⓘ
surface form: Ermine Street

Fosse Way ⓘ
Roman road to the Humber estuary ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culture Roman ⓘ
developedInto Lincoln ⓘ
elevatedToColoniaUnder Emperor Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevatedToStatus colonia ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 1st century AD ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ
3rd century AD ⓘ
4th century AD ⓘ
foundedBy Romans ⓘ
governedBy Roman municipal institutions ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Lindum Colonia ⓘ
surface form: Colonia Lindum

Lindum Colonia ⓘ
surface form: Lindum

Lindum Colonia ⓘ
surface form: Lindum Colonia Domitiana
hasArchaeologicalRemainsIn Lincoln Castle ⓘ
surface form: Lincoln Castle area

Lincoln Cathedral area ⓘ
hasFeature Roman city walls ⓘ
Roman gates ⓘ
aqueduct or water supply system ⓘ
basilica ⓘ
forum ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
hasModernSuccessor Lincoln ⓘ
hasRemains Roman city gate known as Newport Arch ⓘ
heritage forms archaeological core of modern Lincoln ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ
modernCountry England NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf network of Roman towns in Britain ⓘ
predecessorSettlement Iron Age settlement on the same site ⓘ
region East Midlands ⓘ
RomanNameOf Lincoln ⓘ
situatedOn River Witham NERFINISHED ⓘ
top of a hill overlooking the River Witham ⓘ
timePeriod Roman period in Britain ⓘ
usedAs Roman legionary fortress ⓘ
civilian settlement ⓘ
colonia for retired legionaries ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Lindum Colonia → hasAlternativeName → Lindum Colonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lindum
Lindum Colonia → hasAlternativeName → Lindum Colonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonia Lindum
Lindum Colonia → hasAlternativeName → Lindum Colonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lindum Colonia Domitiana
Newport Arch → locatedInAncientCity → Lindum Colonia ⓘ
Fosse Way → nearbyRomanTown → Lindum Colonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lindum Colonia (Lincoln)