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Petriana

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Alternate name of Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall at present-day Stanwix; probably a copyists error in the Notitia Dignitatum and therefore false.

Romanized Name(s):
Petriana

Name as attested:

Petriana

Language:
Latin

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
false

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Notitia Dignitatum Occ. xl 45 (Petrianis)

Citation:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 E6 Uxelodu(nu)m

Details:

Almost certainly a "ghost name" (Rivet and Smith), after whom Pastscape: "'Petrianis' probably being a copyist's error derived from the name of the fourth century garrison."

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