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Eboracum

Eboracum
Constantine York Minster.jpg
Modern statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great outside York Minster
Eboracum is located in England
Eboracum
Shown within England
Alternate name Eburacum
Location York, North Yorkshire, England
Region Britannia
Coordinates 53°57′42″N 01°04′50″W / 53.96167°N 1.08056°W / 53.96167; -1.08056Coordinates: 53°57′42″N 01°04′50″W / 53.96167°N 1.08056°W / 53.96167; -1.08056
Type Fortification and settlement
History
Builder Quintus Petillius Cerialis
Founded 71
Periods Roman Imperial
Site notes
Archaeologists Leslie Peter Wenham

Eboracum (/ˈbɒrəkəm/ or /ˌbɔːˈrɑːkəm/) was a fort and city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Roman Empire and ultimately evolved into the present-day city York, occupying the same site in North Yorkshire, England.

Two Roman emperors died in Eboracum: Septimius Severus in 211 AD, and Constantius Chlorus in 306 AD.

The first known recorded mention of Eboracum by name is dated c. 95–104 AD and is an address containing the Latin form of the settlement's name, Eburaci, on a wooden stylus tablet from the Roman fortress of Vindolanda in what is now the modern Northumberland. During the Roman period, the name was also written in the form Eboracum and Eburacum.


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