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    Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by Wroxeter, a small village in Shropshire...
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    2nd-century Geography names two of their towns: Deva Victrix (Chester) and Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter), which became their capital under Roman rule. Their...
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    south-east of Shrewsbury. In 1961 the parish had a population of 657. Viroconium Cornoviorum, the fourth largest city in Roman Britain, was sited here...
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    Viroconium Cornoviorum (now Wroxeter), replacing a fort located on the Wrekin, which was abandoned. Once the Roman legions left the area, Viroconium Cornoviorum...
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    Verulamium Corieltauvī (*Corieltauī) Ratae Corieltauvorum Cornovīī (*Cornowīī) Viroconium Cornoviorum Damnonīī Vanduara (Loudoun Hill or Walls Hill) Deceanglī Canovium...
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    route continued northwest through Verulamium (St Albans) on its way to Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter). Watling Street is traditionally cited as having...
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    Old Oswestry dates from the Iron Age, and the remains of the city of Viroconium Cornoviorum date from the Roman period. During the Anglo-Saxon era the...
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    bridgehead in a straight line to reconnect with its northern extension towards Viroconium (Wroxeter) and the legionary base at Deva Victrix (Chester). The Great...
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    been reconstructed from Celtiberian uiroku, the Old Brittonic place-name Viroconium (< *wiroconion, 'place of man-dogs, i.e. werewolves'), the Old Irish noun...
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    century Geography names two of their towns: Deva Victrix (Chester), and Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) which was their capital and probably the fourth...
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