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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]
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
Isca Dumnoniorum (Roman Exeter). Parts of city wall still exist (overlaid with medieval construction) Moridunum, Axminster; Pomeroy Wood; Woodbury Farm Roman Fort ...
Until the Modern Era, Latin was the common language for scholarship and mapmaking.During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, German scholars in particular have made significant contributions to the study of historical place names, or Ortsnamenkunde.
Around 55 CE, the Romans established a legionary fortress at Isca Dumnoniorum, modern Exeter, but west of Exeter the area remained largely un-Romanised. [12] Most of Dumnonia is notable for its lack of a villa system [ a ] – though there were substantial numbers south of Bath and around Ilchester –, and for its many settlements that have ...
Roman Britain. Map from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain. [1]This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of Latin place names in Brit
Isca Dumnoniorum Principality 360–710 AD England: Winchester, London Kingdom 927–1707 AD East Angles: Rendlesham, Dommoc Kingdom 6th century–918 AD Essex: Rendlesham, Dommoc Kingdom 527–825 AD Haestingas: Hastings Tribal kingdom 6th century–771 AD Kent: Durovernum Kingdom 488–871 AD Lindsey: Lindum Kingdom/Client 410–775 AD Mercia ...
Isca Dumnoniorum: Dumnonii: Devon: City No Gloucester Capital of Britannia Secunda: Caer Glout Glevum: Dobunii: Gloucestershire: City No Hereford Caer Fawydd Magnae Dobunnorum: Dobunni: Herefordshire: City (Village) No Ilchester: Caer Pensa vel Coyt Lindinis: Lendinienses, part of Durotriges? Somerset: Village Yes Leicester: Caer Lerion Ratae ...