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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 kings of Dumnonia were the rulers of the large Brythonic kingdom of Dumnonia in the south-west of Great Britain during the Sub-Roman and early medieval periods.. A list of Dumnonian kings is one of the hardest of the major Dark Age kingdoms to accurately compile, as it is confused by Arthurian legend, complicated by strong associations with the kings of Wales and Brittany, and obscured by ...
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 ...
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) Parts of city wall still exist (overlaid with medieval construction) Moridunum , Axminster
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 ().
Burnie Library [9] Campbell Town Library (Campbell Town) [10] Currie Library [11] Cygnet Library [12] Deloraine Library (Deloraine) [13] Devenport Library [14] Exeter Library [15] Geeveston Library [16] Glenorchy Library [17] Hobart Library [18] Huonville Library [19] Kingston Library [20]
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