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  2. Isca Dumnoniorum - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Dumnonii - Wikipedia

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    The Roman name of the town of Exeter, Isca Dumnoniorum ("Isca of the Dumnonii"), contains the root *iska-"water" for "Water of the Dumnonii". The Latin name suggests that the city was already an oppidum, or walled town, on the banks on the River Exe before the foundation of the Roman city, in about AD 50.

  4. Dumnonia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of political entities in the 8th century - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Map of the world in 700 AD. Name Capital(s) ... Isca Dumnoniorum: Dukedom/principality: 290 – 875 AD:

  6. Roman pottery and human remains found in Exeter - AOL

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    He said: "We found Roman pottery representing the legacy of the former regional capital city, Isca Dumnoniorum, and an early medieval fired clay weight.

  7. List of political entities in the 3rd century - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Map of the world in 250 AD. ... Isca Dumnoniorum: Dukedom/principality: 290 – 875 AD: Europe: British Isles ...

  8. Fosse Way - Wikipedia

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    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 ().

  9. List of kings of Dumnonia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...