Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary fortress and town in the Roman province of Britannia on the site of the modern city of Chester. [1] The fortress was built by the Legio II Adiutrix in the 70s AD as the Roman army advanced north against the Brigantes, and rebuilt completely over the next few decades by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix ...

2020年4月28日 · Deva Victrix, also called Deva was a Roman fortress first built by the Legio secunda adiutrix around AD70 in the modern city of Chester in England. It is believed that the name Deva Victrix derives from ‘goddess’, and the Roman fortress was named after the goddess of the River Dee; the Latin for ‘goddess’ is dea or diva.

DEVA or Deva Victrix (Chester) Cheshire, England. The site of a legionary fortress, initially garrisoned by Legio II Adiutrix p. f. Established as part of the preparations for the subjugation of Wales and Brigantia, it was strategically placed at the NW extremity of the Midland plain, astride lines of communication between Wales and the N.

Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a major town and legionary fortress of Roman Britannia, on the site of the modern city of Chester in Cheshire. The fortress was built by the Legio II Adiutrix in the 70s AD as the Roman army advanced north against the Brigantes, and rebuilt completely over the next few decades by the Legio Legio XX Valeria ...

The city of Chester was founded as a fort, known as Deva Vitrix, by the Romans in AD 70s, as early as AD 74 based on discovered lead pipes. The city was the scene of battles between warring Welsh and Saxon kingdoms throughout the post-Roman years until the Saxons strengthened the fort against raiding Danes.

It seems likely that the Chester fortress was abandoned by the legions sometime in the fourth century, as there is no mention of Deva in the Notitia Dignitatum published around the turn of the fifth. The town is mentioned in the seventh century Ravenna Cosmology (R&C#86), appearing as Deva Victris, between the unknown towns Saudonio and Veratino.

Baum, J. and Robinson, D.J. 2002: ‘Deva Victrix restored: the application of computer 3-D modelling techniques in the reconstruction of Roman Chester’, in Carrington 2002a, 113–17. Carrington, P. 1977: ‘The planning and date of the Roman legionary fortress at Chester’, Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society 60, 35–42

2019年5月17日 · By 410 CE, the Roman army had abandoned their bathhouses, homes and amphitheatre in Deva Victrix as part of the process that marked the end of Roman rule in Britain.

The 20th Valeria Victrix was still stationed here in the 3rd century. The fortress was very large, 24.3 ha/60 acres, and able to house 5000 soldiers. The amphitheatre was first built in stone around AD 100. It went out of use 120s AD, while most of the soldiers were sent north to …

In this post, we’ll look at what the Deva Roman Experience is and how it re-creates the Roman era in Chester. During the Roman period, Chester was known as Deva Victrix and was a major military base and strategic location for the Roman Empire. Founded in 79 AD it was a key part of the Roman conquest of Britain.