Eboracum (Classical Latin: [ɛbɔˈraːkũː]) was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ultimately developed into the present-day city of York, in North Yorkshire ...

Eboracum – Capital City of Britannia Inferior. Under the emperor Septimius Severus in 197AD the province of Britannia was split into two, outwardly for administrative purposes, but also to avoid the concentration of British legionary power into the hands of a single governor.

Eboracum, the Roman fort turned provincial capital, stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of ancient history in the heart of North Yorkshire, England....

Eboracum, known nowadays as York, was one of the most vital cities in Roman Britain. Established around AD 71, this Roman military fortress became a bustling city of trade, culture, and administration.

As York was a town in Roman times, its Celtic name is recorded in Roman sources (as Eboracum and Eburacum); after 400, Angles took over the area and adapted the name by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc or Eoforīc, which means "wild-boar town" or "rich in wild-boar".

EBORACUM or Eburacum or Eburaco (York) Yorkshire, England. A legionary fortress and colonia. (Ptol. Geog. 2.3.16; It. Ant. 466.) The revolt of the Brigantes against their pro-Roman Queen Carturandua deprived the Roman province of Britain of a friendly buffer state on the N, and in the emergency the governor and commander in charge Pet. Pius ...

This small site is here to show what remains visible of the Roman remains in Eboracum, Roman York. Whilst much of the ancient fortress and associated civilian settlement that grew up around it is buried under the modern city some small glimpses remain.

Eboracum, also recorded as Eburacum was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. It obtained the status of a 'colonia' – as if legally an outpost of the City of Rome: in its prime Eboracum was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital.

They called their new settlement Eboracum, a latinized form of an old Celtic word probably meaning "Place of the Yew Trees". In AD 70, nearly thirty years after the Romans' initial invasion of Britain, a strategic alliance with a federation of Northern Celtic tribes, known as the Brigantes, began to break down. The Roman governor, Petillius ...

Jun 24, 2024 · York, formerly known as Eoforwic or Eoforīc in Old English, traces its roots back to Roman times. The Romans referred to the town as Eboracum or Eburacum, which has subsequently evolved into the name we know today.