Roman BritainKorinion/Cironium
Roman Settlement · Civilian

Korinion/Cironium

Roman Britain
Pleiades ID: 79549
Site type
Settlement
Category
Civilian
Latitude
51.7114
Longitude
-1.9718
Overview

History & context

Korinion/Cironium (also referred to as Corinium Dobunnorum) was the second largest town of Roman Britain.

Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →

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Questions & answers

What is Korinion/Cironium?

Korinion/Cironium (also referred to as Corinium Dobunnorum) was the second largest town of Roman Britain. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.

What type of Roman site is Korinion/Cironium?

Korinion/Cironium is classified as a Roman settlement — a civilian 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.

What other Roman sites are near Korinion/Cironium?

Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Sapperton and Cirencester amphitheatre (0.1 km), Corinium Roman town (0.3 km), Tar Barrows: the earthwork and buried remains of two prehistoric or Roman round barrows and the buried remains of a Romano-British or earlier funerary and ritual site (1.6 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.

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