Province, 117 CE

Britannia

Imperial province, consular legateCapital: LondiniumRoman since 43 CE

Conquered from 43 CE, still only two-thirds occupied by 117 — the Scottish Highlands and most of Wales sat outside direct control. Three legions garrisoned the frontier, the highest legion-per-taxpayer ratio anywhere in the empire. Hadrian's Wall was five years off; in 117 the northern line ran along a looser chain of forts the new emperor would soon replace with stone.

Conquered by Claudius from 43 CE; occupation was still incomplete in 117 — the Scottish Highlands and most of Wales sat outside direct control.

Cities on the map

Vindolanda — Auxiliary fort south of what became Hadrian's Wall. The wooden Vindolanda tablets — Rome's oldest written documents from Britain — come from around our snapshot.

126 places on the map

Sources

Tacitus, Agricola
Barrington Atlas

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