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Deva

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Johan Åhlfeldt

Last modified Jun 08, 2018 07:25 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major fort

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.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79420

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
53.1914685, -2.8939425

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 19108 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Deva (30 BC - AD 640)

Deva makes connections with:

None

Deva receives connections from:

Roman amphitheater at Deva located at Deva (unspecified date range)

Place type:
fort, tower (deprecated)

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 E1 Deva

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Chester

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Deva: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79420> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79420 |title=Places: 79420 (Deva) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 2:27 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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