Cornovii (Midlands)
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The Cornovii were a Celtic people of the Iron Age and Roman Britain, who lived principally in the modern English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, north Staffordshire, north Herefordshire and eastern
Remains of the Roman hypocaust system at Viroconium
The ruins of the Roman city Viroconium at Wroxeter
Deva Victrix
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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. The fortress was built by the Legio II Adiutrix in the 70s
A model of Deva Victrix (c. 3rd century CE) at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester
A moulded antefix roof tile showing the badge and standard of Legion XX, from Holt, in north Wales
An original section of the Roman fortress wall is visible from the Northgate.
Foundations of the Roman south-east corner tower, one of the 22 towers built by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix