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  Medieval Sourcebook: Notitia Dignitatum (Register of Dignitaries), c. 400
of Palaestina salutaris; of Palaestina secunda; of Phoenice Libani; of Euphratensis; of Syria salutaris; of Osroena; of Mesopotamia; of Cilicia secunda.
of Honorias; of Cappadocia prima; of Cappadocia secunda; of Helenopontus; of Poutus Polemoniacus; of Armenia prima; of Armenia secunda; of Galatia salutaris.
of the frontier of Mauritania Caesariensis; of the Tripolitan frontier; of Pannonia prima and ripuarian Noricum; of Pannonia secunda; of ripuarian Valeria; of Raetia prima and secunda; of Sequanica; of the Armorican and Nervican tract; of Belgica secunda; of Germania prima; of Britannia; of Mogontiacensis.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/notitiadignitatum.html   (5642 words)

  
 Qwika - Roman Britain
When Hadrian reached Britannia on his famous tour of the Roman provinces around 120, he directed an extensive defensive wall, known to posterity as Hadrian's Wall, to be built close to the line of the Stanegate frontier.
Britannia was part of this until 274 when Aurelian reunited the empire.
These four provinces were part of Diocletian's Tetrarchy reform in 293, Britannia became one of the four dioceses—governed by a vicarius—of the prætorian prefecture Galliae ('the Gauls', also comprising the provices of Gaul, Germania and Hispania), after the abolition of the imperial tetrarchs under the Western Emperor (in Rome itself, later Ravenna).
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 The CNH or Notitia Dignitatum: Translation
[1/2.85] in [the diocese of] the East eight: [1/2.86] of Palaestina salutaris; [1/2.87] of Palaestina secunda; [1/2.88] of Phoenice Libani; [1/2.89] of Euphratensis; [1/2.90] of Syria salutaris; [1/2.91] of Osroena; [1/2.92] of Mesopotamia; [1/2.93] of Cilicia secunda.
[1/2.102] in [the diocese of] Pontus eight: [1/2.103] of Honorias; [1/2.104] of Cappadocia prima; [1/2.105] of Cappadocia secunda; [1/2.106] of Helenopontus; [1/2.107] of Pontus Polemoniacus; [1/2.108] of Armenia prima; [1/2.109] of Armenia secunda; [1/2.110] of Galatia salutaris.
[85/6.104] in the Gauls eleven: [85/6.105] of the maritime Alps; [85/6.106] of the Pennine and Graian Alps; [85/6.107] of Maxima Sequanorum; [85/6.108] of Aquitanica prima; [85/6.109] of Aquitanica secunda; [85/6.110] of Novempopulana; [85/6.111] of Narbonensis prima; [85/6.112] of Narbonensis secunda; [85/6.113] of Lugdunensis secunda; [85/6.114] of Lugduneasis tertia; [85/6.115] of Lugunensis Senonica.
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 Map of Early Independent Britannia
The well-known date of Britannia's final official break from Rome is AD 410, but by that stage Roman Britannia had been fighting its own battles for nearly thirty years with only occasional support from Rome.
It was forced to look after its own interests in the face of increasing barbarian raids; from the Picts to the north, the Scotti and Irish to the west, and from various Teutonic tribes to the south and east.
Britannia Superior was created by the Romans in the 3rd century to administratively separate the south of Britain from Britannia Inferior, the militarised north (Superior, "higher" and Inferior, "lower" in the sense of nearer to, and further from, Rome itself).
www.history.kessler-web.co.uk /FeaturesBritain/BritishMapAD400.htm   (2942 words)

  
 Roman Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When Hadrian reached Britannia on his famous tour of the Roman provinces around 120, he directed an extensive defensive wall, known to posterity as Hadrian's Wall, to be built close to the line of the Stanegate frontier.
Britannia was part of this until 274 when Aurelian reunited the empire.
These four provinces were part of Diocletian's Tetrarchy reform in 293, Britannia became one of the four dioceses—governed by a vicarius—of the prætorian prefecture Galliae ('the Gauls', also comprising the provices of Gaul, Germania and Hispania), after the abolition of the imperial tetrarchs under the Western Emperor (in Rome itself, later Ravenna).
88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Roman_Britain   (4766 words)

  
 Roman Britain
The southeastern part of the island was Britannia Inferior, composed of civilian settlements populated by a comfortable blend of Roman immigrants and assimilated Celts.
Britannia Prima (essentially Wales) was centered on the capitol of Corinium (Cirencester).
Britannia Secunda was the north country, centered on the Eboracum (York).
www-personal.umich.edu /~merrie/Arthur/rbri.html   (629 words)

  
 Britannia Secunda at AllExperts
Britannia Secunda was one of the provinces of Roman Britain in existence by c.
The governors of Britannia Secunda were of equestrian rank although few are known by name.
In 369 a new province of Valentia was created, probably from a portion of Britannia Secunda.
en.allexperts.com /e/b/br/britannia_secunda.htm   (204 words)

  
 PROVINCIAE BRITANNIAE
The veteran Ninth were marched to a new base at Malton, then, by using these two legions in a classic 'pincer' movement, Cerialis crushed the revolt.
The Welsh tribes fared very badly under Rome, however, and aside from the Silures, who had their civitas capital at Caerwent, joined perhaps by the Demetae who were possibly represented by the vicus at Carmarthen, the majority of Wales seems to have been under military rule.
The military provinces were governed by young(ish), martially-minded men with praetorian status; Britannia Prima had two legions, the Second Augusta at Caerleon and the Twentieth at Chester, and Britannia Secunda one legion, the Sixth housed at York.
www.roman-britain.org /province.htm   (2101 words)

  
 Roman Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 175 a large force of Sarmatian cavalry, consisting of 5,500 men, arrived in Britannia, probably to reinforce troops fighting unrecorded uprisings.
By tradition, the pagan Saxons were invited by Vortigern to assist in fighting the Picts and Irish, though archaeology has suggested some official settlement as landed mercenaries as early as the third century.
^ George Patrick Welsh (1963), Britannia: the Roman Conquest and Occupation of Britain pp.
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 Goldsworth Timeline : Roman Britain | Goldsworth Park Community Association | Window on Woking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex is Governor of Britannia Superior (211).
Gaius Junius Faustinus Postumianus is Governor of Britannia Superior (212-222).
Britannia split into four provinces: Britannia Prima (South of the Thames, run from Cirencester and included our area), Britannia Secunda (Wales), Maxima Caesariensis (North of the Humber) and Flavia Caesariensis (North of the Thames).
www.windowonwoking.org.uk /sites/goldsworthparkcommunityassociation/history/time/rome   (551 words)

  
 Placenames in the Notitia Dignitarum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Presidents: of Britannia prima, of Britannia secunda, of Flavia Caesariensis.
Britannia Prima and Secunda and Flavia and Maxima Caesariensis were the four provinces that Diocletian divided Britain into when he reorganized the empire.
Britannia Secunda: the north or northeast with its capital at York
www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/106530   (364 words)

  
 HeadDragon
Britannia Prima is the western section--all of Wales and a segment of what is now the western Midlands, plus the southcentral coast, annexed as Wessex in the latter half of the fifth century.
The northeastern section is Britannia Flavia, and the southeast was called Britannia Secunda.
When Constantius III returned with an army to Britannia Prima in 417 to purge the province of aggressive barbarians, he made his home base at Gorlois's tribal center at Viroconium, also known as Wroxeter, in the center of the Cornovii territory, which separated the Welsh from the Anglians when Rome had occupied the island.
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 The Heroic Age: Brigantia, Cartimandua and Gwenhwyfar
By the Roman period, the name represented a tribal federation compromising all of what would become the Roman province of Britannia Secunda, except for the Parisi territory, east of the River Derwent.
During the post-Roman period, the province of Britannia Secunda reverted to a state more reminiscent of its pre-Roman tribal society.
If the dynasty of Coel Hen can be seen to have been used by later scribes as a justification or rationalization for the reformation of the Brigantia polity, the localization of the Coeling dynasts suggests Brigantian territory extended beyond its limits under the Romans to include the Gododdin and part of Galloway.
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 Britannien | THG Lexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Britannia wurde von den Römern auch als Bezeichnung für die von ihnen im südlichen Teil der Insel eingerichtete Provinz verwendet.
Im Jahre 212 oder 213 wurde die Provinz in die Teile Britannia Inferior (Nordengland bis zum Hadrianswall) und Britannia Superior (Südengland und Wales) aufgeteilt.
Ab dem Jahr 343 war Britannia immer wieder Ziel von Angriffe der Sachsen, Pikten und Scoten.
www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Britannien   (370 words)

  
 The New Empire - Diocletian - Empire of Carausius - Saxon Shore Forts - Constantine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The number of provinces would be increased, and the military and civil aspects of their administration would be separated.
As a result, the diocese of Britanniae was to consist of four provinces:
Britannia Secunda - the north, based on York.
www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /empires2.htm   (4275 words)

  
 Montgomeryshire - LoveToKnow 1911
The English name is from Roger de Montgomery, earl of Shrewsbury (temp.
At the coming of the Romans this county was part of the Ordovices' territory (Britannia secunda), and there are remains of Roman encampments and fortifications at Caersws, Mathrafal, and near Montgomery.
The roads connecting these stations can often be traced.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Montgomeryshire   (831 words)

  
 Romans and Frontiers - Later Centuries
Of course there was destruction caused by native forces and the new governor Virius Lupus had difficulties in restoring the province of Britannia.
At this time the province Britannia was divided into Britannia superior in the South and Britannia inferior in the North.
It was now divided into 4 provinces (Britannia prima and Maxima Caesarensis in the south and Britannia secunda and Flavia Caesarensis in the North).
www.britanniafilm.de /hadrian07.html   (957 words)

  
 imperium-romanum.com - Geografie - Provinz Britannia
Wohl Septimius Severus (spätestens Caracalla) teilte die bis zu seiner Herrschaft schrittweise erweiterte Provinz mit Britannia inferior (Süden and Osten der Insel) und Britannia superior (Westen and Norden) in zwei Teile.
Wales; Hauptstadt: Corinium), Britannia secunda (Norden; Hauptstadt: Eburacum), Flavia Caesariensis (Inselmitte; Hauptstadt: Lindum) und Maxima Caesariensis (Südosten; Hauptstadt: Londinium).
Britannia inferior wurde später von einem prätorischen Legaten (zugleich Kommandant der legio VI Victrix) und Britannia superior von einem konsularischen Legaten verwaltet.
www.imperiumromanum.com /geografie/provinzen/britannia_03.htm   (1358 words)

  
 britdiveng
The Province now recovered, which was fallen into the enemies hands, he restored to the former state, in such sort as by his own procuring it had both a lawful governor, and was also afterwards called Valentia, at the pleasure of the Prince.
Britannia Secunda was that which now is Wales, Flavia Caesariensis reached from Thames to Humber.
At length to them which were beholden unto him for this honourable preferment hee granted other dignities with charge: and againe, upon those that were in place of Magistracie, and executed any office of State, either at home or abroad, hee bestowed that title of honour, comes domesticorum.
www.philological.bham.ac.uk /cambrit/britdiveng.html   (11920 words)

  
 Later Second Century
At this time the province Britannia was divided into Britannia superior in the South and Britannia inferior in the North.
It was now divided into 4 provinces (Britannia prima and Maxima Caesarensis in the south and Britannia secunda and Flavia Caesarensis in the North).
The frontier was now occupied by limitanei commanded by the dux Britannorum, while the field army (comitatenses) stationed in the hinterland was lead by the comes Britannorum.
www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk /multimediastudentprojects/98-99/9808220d/pro/roman/hadrian/hadrian6.htm   (998 words)

  
 LATER ROMAN BRITAIN Historical background(The Vikings)
It has been suggested that the later province of Britannia Secunda which comprised the whole of northern Britain, including West Yorkshire may have survived for some time as an administrative unit, perhaps under the control of a Roman military official.
It is certainly true that in the west of England, the long abandoned Iron Age hillforts were reoccupied during this period.
Certainly Britannia Secunda split up at some point into a number of smaller British Kingdoms which are remembered in such place names as Craven and Elmet.
www.arch.wyjs.org.uk /AdvSrv/Vikingweb/LaterromanBr.htm   (925 words)

  
 Name of England - SciForums.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Great Britain consists of “Britannia prima” (England), “Britannia secunda” (Wales), and “North Britain” (Scotland), united under one sway.
Or it could be that it came from the Roman word for the island, Britannia, which was the name of the patron goddess of the Celts.
The brythonii, a celtic tribe (or maybe pictish, it hink theres more debate about it all just now) is another way of getting the name.
www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=38452   (1840 words)

  
 Orthodox Christianity in the British Isles Part 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One such historical error in Gildas does not of course imply that all his writings are to be dismissed as an unreliable source of history, but it does show that statements must be checked and compared.
York was the capital of Britannia Secunda, London of Maxima Caesariensis, Lincoln of Flavia Caesariensis, and Cirencest (or Corinium as it then was) of Britannia Prima.
It is therefore not unlikely that the Church in Britannia, from across the waters, also sent only a proportion of their bishops.
www.jim-riddell.com /history/religion/Orthodox_Christianity_in_the_British_Isles2.htm   (5722 words)

  
 Elfinspell: c. 400 A.D., Notitia Dignatatum: Excerpts Emperor Hadrian Builds The Great Wall in Britain, from the ...
The same Honorable Count has a staff as follows: a chief of staff from the office of the master of the imperial infantry, two receivers of taxes from the office above mentioned, a custodian from the office above mentioned, a chief deputy, a chief assistant, an assistant, a keeper of records; secretaries.
Under the charge of the Honorable Vicar of the Britains are the consulars of Maxima Cæsariensis, of Valentia, of Britannia Secunda, of Flavia Cæsariensis.
The Honorable Vicar of the Britains has a staff as follows: a chief of staff from the body of confidential agents of the first class, a chief deputy, two receivers of taxes, a chief clerk.
www.elfinspell.com /PrimarySourceNotitia.html   (354 words)

  
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eleven in Galliae: Alpes maritimae, Alpes Poeninae et Graiae, Maxima Sequani, Aquitanica prima, Aquitanica secunda, Novempopulana, Narbonensis prima, Narbonensis secunda, Lugdunensis secunda, Lugdunensis tertia, Lugdunensis Senonica
three in Britanniae: Britannia prima, Britannia secunda, Flavia Caesariensis.
eight in Pontica: Honoriad*, Cappadocia prima, Cappadocia secunda, Helenoponti (=Hellespont), Pontus Polemoniacus, Armenia prima, Armenia secunda, Galatia salutaris.
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 Chapter Brigadore <i>to</i> Brittany of B by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
Britain consists of “Britannia prima” (England), “Britannia secunda” (Wales), and “North Britain” (Scotland), united under one sway.
Britannia The first known representation of Britannia as a female figure sitting on a globe, leaning with one arm on a shield, and grasping a spear in the other hand, is on a Roman coin of Antoninus Pius, who died
The figure reappeared on our copper coin in the reign of Charles II., 1665, and the model was Miss Stewart, afterwards created Duchess of Richmond.
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 Notitia Dignitatum
For Britain, the Notitia lists several military commands (the dux Britanniarum, the comes litoris Saxonici per Britannias and the comes Britanniarum), the governors of the five British provinces and the staff of the vicarius in London.
The Saxon Shore consisted of several forts built around southeast Britain in the later third and fourth centuries, which were probably started by the usurper Carausius or even earlier.
The map (right) shows one 'city' called 'Britannia', thereby probably showing that the command of the Comes stretched across the whole diocese.
www.vortigernstudies.org.uk /artsou/notitialist.htm   (1139 words)

  
 Page 7 - Diocletian to 410 CE
In 284 CE, among his many other reforms, Diocletian further divided Britannia into four provinces: Britannia Prima, Britannia Secunda, Maxima Caesariensis, and Flavia Caesariensis.
For seven years he ruled Britannia and part of Gaul, even minting his ownn coins.
He also built a line of forts along the Litus Saxonicum to defend against the inevitable response from Rome.
www.geocities.com /brian_bleich/Britain/page7.html   (725 words)

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