Historical place profile

Isca Dumnoniorum

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, before its move to Isca Silurum.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:79531
Catalogue ID
pleiades:79531
Place type
fort-2, settlement, settlement-modern
Coordinates
50.725562, -3.526911
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

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, before its move to Isca Silurum.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 D4 Isca

Source and reuse

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Research path

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