Isca
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, David Mimno, Tom Elliott
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Jan 12, 2021 05:49 AM
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History
Isca Dumnoniorum was a Roman site that was the likely base of Legio II Augusta.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79531
50.725562, -3.5269108
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Exeter (modern)
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- Exeter (English, modern)
- Isca (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Isca Dumnoniorum (Latin, AD 43 - AD 410)
- Isca connection Fosse Way (unspecified date range)
- Isca located near Iska (river) (AD 43 - AD 410)
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settlement, settlement-modern, fort, tower
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 D4 Isca
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Exeter
Isca Dumnoniorum (modern Exeter) likely dates ca. A.D. 75, when Legio II Augusta moved to Caerleon. The site was likely a civitas capital by ca. A.D. 80; the forum and basilica date to this time. The site was abandoned and had become a cemetery by the fifth century.
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, David Mimno, and Tom Elliott, 'Isca: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79531> [accessed: 16 May 2022]
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