*Durovernum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, Sean Gillies
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History
Durovernum Cantiacorum, modern Canterbury, was the site of a pre-Roman oppidum and, then, post A.D. 43 of a Roman fort.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79439
51.279876, 1.08386
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20228 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Dvroavervs (Duroaverus: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Durovernum (30 BC - AD 640)
- *Durovernum connection Cantiaci (unspecified date range)
- *Durovernum connection Via Francigena (unspecified date range)
- *Durovernum connection Watling Street (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 I3 *Durovernum
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Canterbury
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Maxime Guénette, R. Warner, and Sean Gillies, '*Durovernum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79439> [accessed: 08 June 2026]
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Discussed at length in www.academia.edu/105489708/The_Roman_Name_of_Canterbury_and_Later_Misunderstandings