Eboracum

Eboracum

Modern statue of Constantine the Great outside York Minster
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Alternative name	Eburacum
Location	York, North Yorkshire, England
Region	Britannia
Coordinates	53°57′42″N 01°04′50″W / 53.96167°N 1.08056°W / 53.96167; -1.08056
Type	Fortification and settlement
History
Builder	Quintus Petillius Cerialis
Founded	71
Periods	Roman Imperial
Site notes
Archaeologists	Leslie Peter Wenham

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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, England.

Two Roman emperors died in Eboracum: Septimius Severus in 211 AD, and Constantius Chlorus in 306 AD.