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Wroxeter (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 39 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.6500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of an Iron Age fort and remains of a large Roman fort, public baths, and forum. |
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| Wroxeter (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Uriconium (H,O)
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............ | Roman name |
| Viroconium (H,O)
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............ | Roman name |
| Viroconium Cornoviorum (H,O)
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............ | Roman name |
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Wroxeter (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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occupied under Ostorius Scalula ca. 50 |
| town (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of kingdom of Britannia Secunda, founded before 70 CE, abandoned ca. 400 |
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