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Roman Period

Brigantian Revolt and Roman Retreat from the Antonine Wall, 155-158 AD

155
North Yorkshire, England
Era
Roman Period
Battle Type
Campaign
Location
North Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Brigantes
VS
Victor
Romans (Governor Gnaeus Julius Verus)
Outcome
Widespread Brigantian revolt suppressed after three years of heavy fighting requiring reinforcements from the German provinces; the Antonine Wall was temporarily lost/abandoned in the disturbances and briefly recaptured before final abandonment by c.163-164 AD; Antoninus Pius issued Britannia coinage (154-155 AD, and again marking the victory) commemorating the restoration of Roman control; the Brigantes were stripped of territory afterwards.
The Battle

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Brigantian Revolt and Roman Retreat from the Antonine Wall, 155-158 AD was a Roman campaign, fought in the area of North Yorkshire, England in 155. The victor was Romans (Governor Gnaeus Julius Verus). Widespread Brigantian revolt suppressed after three years of heavy fighting requiring reinforcements from the German provinces; the Antonine Wall was temporarily lost/abandoned in the disturbances and briefly recaptured before final abandonment by c.163-164 AD; Antoninus Pius issued Britannia coinage (154-155 AD, and again marking the victory) commemorating the restoration of Roman control; the Brigantes were stripped of territory afterwards.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Brigantian Revolt and Roman Retreat from the Antonine Wall, 155-158 AD lies on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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Scheduled Monuments near Brigantian Revolt and Roman Retreat from the Antonine Wall, 155-158 AD

Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures
Jervaulx Cistercian Abbey, site of post-Dissolution grand house and gardens and World War II storage structures
Scheduled monument · ~5.2 mi

Jervaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, which developed into one of the major religious houses of northern England. The abbey was dissolved in 1537 during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, after which the site underwent c…

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Coverham Abbey Premonstratensian monastery and precinct including Holy Trinity Church and medieval bridge
Coverham Abbey Premonstratensian monastery and precinct including Holy Trinity Church and medieval bridge
Scheduled monument · ~5.3 mi

Coverham Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the twelfth century in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, of which substantial ruins survive within its precinct. The abbey church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, exhibits architectural features characteristic of the Premonstratensian order's…

Sandy Gerrard / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
William's Hill
William's Hill
Scheduled monument · ~5.6 mi

William's Hill is a Neolithic earthwork situated in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a roughly circular or oval enclosure formed by a bank and ditch, characteristic of causewayed enclosures of the early Neolithic period, dating to approximately 3500 BCE or later. Such enclosures served multipl…

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Ulshaw Bridge
Ulshaw Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~5.6 mi

Ulshaw Bridge is a medieval stone bridge located in Yorkshire, England, that crosses a tributary watercourse in the Pennine landscape. The structure dates to the medieval period and exemplifies the stone bridge construction typical of northern English crossings built to facilitate trade and commu…

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Middleham Castle: twelfth century tower, keep, castle and fourteenth century concentric castle.
Middleham Castle: twelfth century tower, keep, castle and fourteenth century concentric castle.
Scheduled monument · ~5.8 mi

Middleham Castle is a substantial fortress in North Yorkshire that represents two distinct phases of medieval military architecture. The site was established in the twelfth century with the construction of a large stone keep, which remains one of the finest examples of Norman castle architecture…

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The Swine Cross
The Swine Cross
Scheduled monument · ~5.9 mi

The Swine Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a stone shaft and base, characteristic of crosses erected during the medieval period to serve as waymarkers and focal points for local communities. Such crosses functioned as meeting places and markers alon…

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Prehistoric carved rocks within and south of West Agra Plantation
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
Settlement site at Middlesmoor
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