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The name Isca Dumnoniorum is a Latinization of a native Brittonic name describing flowing water, in reference to the River Exe.More exactly, the name seems to have originally meant "full of fish" (cf. Welsh pysg, pl. "fish"), [2] although it came to be a simple synonym for water (cf. Scottish whisky). [3]
Exeter originated as a Roman civitas called Isca Dumnoniorum, which was provided with town walls in about 200 AD. It later became an Anglo-Saxon burh or fortified settlement and the Roman walls were said to have been repaired and improved by King Æthelstan in the 10th century. [1] King William I depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Latin name for Exeter is Isca Dumnoniorum ("Water of the Dumnonii"). This oppidum (a Latin term meaning an important town) on the banks of River Exe certainly existed prior to the foundation of the Roman city in about AD 50. Isca is derived from the Brythonic word for flowing water, which was
Roman Britain military infrastructure 68 AD. The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum in the southwest and Lindum Colonia to the northeast, via Lindinis (), Aquae Sulis (), Corinium (Cirencester), and Ratae Corieltauvorum ().
Isca Dumnoniorum (Roman Exeter). Parts of city wall still exist (overlaid with medieval construction) Parts of city wall still exist (overlaid with medieval construction) Moridunum , Axminster
EXETER — Exeter Hospital announced Tuesday it will discontinue its advanced life support paramedic intercept service as of Sept. 20, citing financial challenges and other factors.
Siege of Exeter (c. 630) I. Isca Dumnoniorum; T. Tintagel Castle This page was last edited on 5 September 2021, at 06:08 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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