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Isca Dumnoniorum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, David Mimno, Tom Elliott

Last modified May 01, 2024 10:26 PM — History

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

Isca Dumnoniorum (modern Exeter) was a Roman military complex and later town that was the likely base of Legio II Augusta in the first century, prior to its move to Isca Silurum.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79531

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.725562, -3.5269108

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Exeter (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Exeter (English, modern)
- Isca (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Isca Dumnoniorum (Latin, AD 43 - AD 410)

Isca Dumnoniorum makes connections with:

Isca Dumnoniorum connection Fosse Way (unspecified date range)
Isca Dumnoniorum located near Iska (river) (AD 43 - AD 410)

Isca Dumnoniorum receives connections from:

Exeter Roman Bathhouse located at Isca Dumnoniorum (unspecified date range)
Unnamed Roman fort, Cheeke Street, Exeter located at Isca Dumnoniorum (unspecified date range)

Place type:
fort, settlement, settlement-modern

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TM GEO ID 14538: Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter)

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 D4 Isca

Details:

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.

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, David Mimno, and Tom Elliott, 'Isca Dumnoniorum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79531> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79531 |title=Places: 79531 (Isca Dumnoniorum) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 2:17 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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