The Saxon Shore (Latin: litus Saxonicum) was a military command of the Late Roman Empire, consisting of a series of fortifications on both sides of the...
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family with extensive territorial interests at the western end of the Litus Saxonicum. As such he may well have been entrusted in the last days of Roman...
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(commander) of the Tractus Armoricanus et Nervicanus section of the litus Saxonicum. During the decline of the Western Roman Empire, Armorica (modern-day...
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and France. In the 3rd century, a separate military district, the Litus Saxonicum,[citation needed] was established on the British side of the English...
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and Erules. The coastal defense around Boulogne and Oudenburg, the Litus Saxonicum, remained functional until about 420. These forts were manned by Saxon...
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Inscriptions of Britain. Retrieved 26 January 2015. White, Donald A (1961). Litus Saxonicum: the British Saxon Shore in Scholarship and History. Madison, Wisconsin:...
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historicengland.org.uk. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2023. White, Donald. Litus Saxonicum; The British Saxon Shore in Scholarship and History, page 36. Madison:...
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military commands specifically to defend against Saxon raiders. The Litus Saxonicum ('Saxon Shore'), was composed of nine forts stretching around the south-eastern...
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illustris. The Notitia Dignitatum lists for the Gallic part of the Litus Saxonicum ("the Coast of Saxony") two commanders, and their military units, who...
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possibility of Arques being the Roman Port of 'Marcae' mentioned in the Litus Saxonicum as there appears to be research in the UK that the high sea levels...
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old road leading to Exmes and then Sées. The establishment of the litus saxonicum defense system saw the arrival of troops and Eastern cults in the region...
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recruited from among German tribes, some settlers (The Saxon Shore (Latin: litus Saxonicum)). 410 : Emperor Honorius refuses a call for help from Britain, tells...
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castrum was built on the left bank of the Divette as an element of the Litus saxonicum, after Saxon raids at the beginning of the fourth century. In 497,...
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nine Late Roman forts on the British side of the Saxon Shore (Latin: Litus Saxonicum). The fort is named as Anderitum, apparently meaning "great ford",...
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possibility of Bergues being the Roman Port of 'Marcae' mentioned in the Litus Saxonicum as there appears to be research in the UK that the high sea levels...
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(Durocortorum) was the capital of that second province. The Saxon Shore (Latin: litus Saxonicum) was a military command of the late Roman Empire, established during...
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