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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]
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 ().
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.
Bristol Township is the smallest township in Kendall County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 26,230 and it contained 9,229 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 26,230 and it contained 9,229 housing units.
Bristol, Illinois, is an unincorporated community in Bristol Township, Kendall County in the U.S. state of Illinois, just south of the Kane County border.
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 ...
Exeter (/ ˈ ɛ k s ɪ t ər / ⓘ EK-sit-ər) is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately 36 mi (58 km) northeast of Plymouth and 65 mi (105 km) southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of ...
Illinois Route 126 (IL 126) is a 17.25-mile-long (27.76 km) east–west state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from IL 47 in Yorkville to Interstate 55 (I-55) between Plainfield and Bolingbrook .