Bremia was a Roman auxiliary fort located at Llanio in the Teifi valley, mid-Wales (modern Ceredigion), occupied from roughly the late 70s AD through the mid-2nd century. It formed part of the network of forts established during the Flavian conquest of Wales under Frontinus and Agricola, and is thought to have housed a cohors quingenaria, with the garrison at one point identified epigraphically as the Cohors II Asturum.
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The fort lay on the Roman road running through central Wales linking the coastal fort at Trawscoed northward toward Pennal and southward toward the auxiliary network around Carmarthen, controlling a key inland route through the Cambrian uplands. Its position also gave access to local lead and possibly gold-bearing zones, though Llanio's primary role was military policing of the Demetae/Ordovices border region rather than direct mineral exploitation.
Excavations in the 19th and 20th centuries (notably by Daniel and later small-scale work) revealed a turf-and-timber fort with later stone elements, a bath-house, and an associated vicus, along with tile stamps of the Cohors II Asturum, altars, and pottery confirming the Flavian-to-Antonine date range. The site has not been extensively modern-excavated, and much of the internal plan remains known principally from geophysical survey and aerial photography rather than open-area excavation.
Bremia was a Roman auxiliary fort located at Llanio in the Teifi valley, mid-Wales (modern Ceredigion), occupied from roughly the late 70s AD through the mid-2nd century. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a fort site from the Roman period in Britain.
Bremia is classified as a Roman fort — a military site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Pumsaint Roman Fort (ancient Louentinon?) (15.9 km), Unnamed aqueduct(s) at Dolaucothi, Wales (16.3 km), Gold Mines at Dolaucothi, Wales (16.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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