Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) became the fourth-largest Roman city in Britain — evidence of the scale of the Roman military commitment to the Midlands. The Cornovii tribe of Shropshire appears to have accepted Roman authority, but the establishment of a major legionary base at Wroxeter (subsequently held by Legio XIV Gemina and later Legio XX) indicates the military importance of controlling the approach to Wales. Wroxeter's ruins are among the most extensive of any Roman town in England.
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