• Luguvalium (or Luguvalium Carvetiorum) was an ancient Roman city in northern Britain located within present-day Carlisle, Cumbria, and may have been the...
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    (Corbridge) on the River Tyne in the east (situated on Dere Street) and Luguvalium (Carlisle) (on the River Eden) in the west. The Stanegate ran through...
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    Isurium Brigantum Cantiacī Durovernum Cantiacorum Carvetīī (*Carwetīī) Luguvalium Catuvellaunī (*Catuwellaunī) Verulamium Corieltauvī (*Corieltauī) Ratae...
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    important river crossings: Corstopitum (Corbridge) on the River Tyne and Luguvalium (Carlisle) on the River Eden. The modern A69 and B6318 roads follow the...
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    governing body." The capital of the Carvetii is presumed to have been Luguvalium (Carlisle), the only walled town known in the region. Higham and Jones...
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    extensions were completed from York to Corbridge, and from Chester to Luguvalium (Carlisle) and Segontium (Caernarfon) as Roman rule was extended over...
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    Yorkshire) – mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary and the Ravenna Cosmography Luguvalium (Carlisle, Cumbria) – probably a settlement of the Carvetii Coria (Corbridge...
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    in northern Wales around Deva (Chester); beside Hadrian's Wall around Luguvalium (Carlisle); and between the walls along Dere Street. Emperor Constantius...
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    close to what is now the centre of Preston. For example, the road from Luguvalium to Mamucium (now Carlisle to Manchester) crossed the River Ribble at Walton-le-Dale...
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  • from the word meaning "hill" (W bryn). Carlisle, Cumberland: recorded as Luguvalium in the Roman period; the word caer 'fort' was added later. The Welsh form...
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