Deva
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, Sean Gillies
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Last modified
Dec 15, 2024 10:06 AM
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History
Deva or Deva Victrix (modern Chester) was a legionary base in Britannia. It was originally founded by the Legio II Adiutrix in the AD 70s and completed by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79420
53.1914685, -2.8939425
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 19108 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Deva (30 BC - AD 640)
- None
- Bovium? related Deva (unspecified date range)
- Roman amphitheater at Deva located at Deva (unspecified date range)
fort
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 8 E1 Deva
- Carrington 1994 24-49
- New Pauly Deva
- PECS (Perseus) DEVA or Deva Victrix (Chester) Cheshire, England
- PastScape Monument No. 69027
- RBrit DEVA VICTRIX / CASTRA LEGIONIS Roman Legionary Fortress & Settlement Chester, Cheshire
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) DEVA
- ToposText Deva (Britannia)
- Wikipedia (English) Chester
- Wikipedia (English) Deva Victrix
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 E1 Deva
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Chester
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, and Sean Gillies, 'Deva: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79420> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
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