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    Venta Silurum was a town in Roman Britain (Britannia). Today it consists of remains in the village of Caerwent in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales. Much...
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  • in England Venta Silurum (Venta of the Silures), the Roman town of Caerwent in Wales Javi Venta (born 1975), Spanish footballer Krishna Venta (1911–1958)...
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    east of Newport. It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe. The modern...
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    distinguish it from the other tribal markets in Britain such as Venta Silurum and Venta Icenorum. The settlement was apparently established around AD 70...
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    Monmouthshire's most important Roman remains are found at the town of Venta Silurum ("Market of the Silures"), present-day Caerwent in the south of the...
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    effective, and was abandoned in the 7th century. Venta Silurum, Caerwent, Wales. Si o que Venta Silurum was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. The...
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    Calleva mpm ciii sic An alternate route from Isca Silurum to Calleva Atrebatum thus 103 152 95 Venta Silurum mpm viiii Caerwent, Monmouthshire 9 13 8 Abone...
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    Leicestershire AI Venta Belgarum Winchester, Hampshire AI, P, RC Venta Icenorum or Icinos Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk AI, P, RC Venta Silurum Caerwent, Monmouthshire...
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    Reginī Noviomagus Reginorum Selgovae (*Selgowī) Eildon Hill? Silurēs Venta Silurum; Llanmelin Textoverdī (*Textowerdī) Coria? Trinovantēs (*Trinowantī)...
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    of Gwent". The name Gwent itself derives from the Roman settlement Venta Silurum or 'Market of the Silures', now named Caerwent, 5 miles (8 km) west...
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    the 6th century, and was based at Caerwent, the earlier Roman town of Venta Silurum. They interpret his name as a remembrance of the earlier hero Caratacus...
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    following the withdrawal of the Roman legions from Britain, the town of Venta Silurum (Caerwent) remained occupied by Romano-Britons until at least the early...
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  • Castleford United Kingdom 75 AD Moridunum Carmarthen United Kingdom 75 AD Venta Silurum Caerwent United Kingdom 79 AD Deva Victrix Chester United Kingdom 79...
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    the civitas capital of Venta Silurum, perhaps meaning "Market of the Silures". In the post Roman period, the territory around Venta became the successor...
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    of Yorkshire Village Yes Chepstow (Caerwent) Caer Guent (possibly) Venta Silurum Silures Monmouthshire Town (Village) Yes Chester Caer Legion Deva Victrix...
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    Wales is a vessel with a Chi-Rho symbol found at the nearby town of Venta Silurum (Caerwent). By the end of the 4th century, Christianity became the sole...
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    Isca Augusta (redirect from Isca Silurum)
    Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie...
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  • Caerleon) was planted in the midst of tribal territory. The town of Venta Silurum (Caerwent, six miles west of Chepstow) was established in AD 75. It...
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    Llan Ffestiniog [56] Venta Silurum Caerwent Wales 51°36′45″N 2°45′59″W / 51.612381°N 2.766406°W / 51.612381; -2.766406 (Venta Silurum (Caerwent))...
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    Arnemetiae) Caerleon (Isca Augusta) C Caernarfon (Segontium) C Caerwent (Venta Silurum) C Caister-on-Sea C Canterbury (Durovernum Cantiacorum) C Carlisle (Luguvalium)...
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  • Winchester was Venta Belgarum, the Win- element deriving from Venta in a similar way to the names Caerwent and Gwent from Venta Silurum in south Wales...
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    throughout the Roman period, on the route between Aquae Sulis (Bath) and Venta Silurum (Caerwent). By the 18th century, a regular ferry service crossed the...
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  • Mediomanum Caersws Menevia Meneva St Davids Moridunum Carmarthen Nidum Neath Segontium Segontio, Seguntio, Seguntium Caernarfon Venta Silurum Caerwent...
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    influenced by Romanesque design, reusing numerous materials from the nearby Venta Silurum to produce what historian Robert Liddiard has termed "a play upon images...
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  • Ireland, sailed up the River Severn and established a monastery at Venta Silurum. As a boy Cadoc was sent to study under Tathan. Llancarvan monastery...
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  • Glamorgan Welsh Morgan's land (Welsh Gwlad Morgan) Gwent Welsh From Venta (Silurum), perhaps originally meaning trading place, the name of the Roman administrative...
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    Tacitus, Annals 12:33–38 Williams 2010, p. 25. "Caerwent Roman City; Venta Silurum (93753)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021. "Isca: the Roman...
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  • Tathan was feted by King Caradoc and founded a monastic school at Venta Silurum (Caerwent). Scholars came from all parts to be instructed there. King...
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  • Yeni-Kale Aberystwyth Beaumaris Brecon Caerleon (Isca Augusta) Caerwent (Venta Silurum) Caernarfon Cardiff Cardigan Chepstow – Port Wall Cowbridge Conwy Denbigh...
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  • site of the port of Abona (Avon), linking Silchester and Bath with Venta Silurum (Caerwent) in Wales, on Route 14 of the 3rd-century Antonine Itinerary’s...
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