Ermine Street
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Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London to Lincoln and York. The Old English name was Earninga Strǣt, named after a tribe called the Earningas, who inhabited a district lat
Route of Ermine Street
The Roman Newport Arch in Lincoln
Roman roads in Britannia
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Roman roads in Britannia were initially designed for military use, created by the Roman army during the nearly four centuries that Britannia was a province of the Roman Empire.
Ermine Street
…proposed a more westerly route for "Erming" Street north of London, going via what is now Theobalds Park. This route is marked on many maps. The Roman Map of Britain above shows a sector of Ermine Street for which there was an alternative route. As Ermine Street extended north out of Lincoln and past Scampton an…
Roman Britain military infrastructure in 68 AD
A Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle, 3rd century. Dubris was the starting point of Watling Street to London and Wroxeter
The Via Appia, near Rome, the oldest major Roman route in Italy, opened 312 BC
A Roman milestone from St Margarethen, Austria, dedicated in 201 to the Emperor Septimius Severus (ruled 193–212)