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Roman Period

Carausian Exeter Defence

287
England
Era
Roman Period
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
potential Maximian loyalist forces
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Carausian garrison
Outcome
Exeter held as a functioning Carausian administrative centre
The Battle

History & Significance

During the rule of the breakaway Britannic emperor Carausius, Exeter served as an administrative and garrison centre for the south-west; defensive measures and garrison activities at Isca Dumnoniorum formed part of the wider Carausian fortification of coastal and river approaches.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Carausian Exeter Defence

Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Law Library, Cathedral Yard
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Roman, Anglo Saxon and medieval defences called collectively Exeter City Walls
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Underground passages
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
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