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- Lagentium abstract "Lagentium or Legiolum was the Roman name for the fort and surrounding civilian settlement which was built around the year 74 by the Roman Empire. The English town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is now built on what was the fort.Around this time, the Romans defeated the Brigantes, a peaceful, farming people. The Romans named this new settlement Lagentium. They built a turf and timber fort sometime in the early 70s to guard the river crossings and the vital road to the north. The fort was built on either a natural ridge or a man-made mound, we are not certain. The Roman engineers chose Lagentium for its strongly strategic position. The mound offered a strong and clear vantage point, and the river offered a source of water and food. The low crossing point also had the advantage that both sides of the river could be farmed on. So a fort was built on top of a Brigantian settlement. Over the sixty years since the fort was built, permanent shops and gardens were built, and traders began to arrive.The fort was garrisoned for 24 years by the Roman army, to keep the Brigantes under control. The Romans simply believed that the Brigantes were 'barbarians', but peace was eventually established and the troops were moved to the north. The Brigantes were not the most advanced of British Tribes, but the few Brigantes that did accept Roman law were allowed to experience greatly enhanced living conditions, under the watchful eye of the Romans.Around 43, a road known as Ermine Street ran from the south to the north, but the Romans had to cross the Humber estuary to get to the other side of the road. The estuary was two miles wide, and the river had raging currents, and was subject to strong winds, making any crossing very difficult. Also, the Romans were not keen sailors, so this route north was not appropriate. So the Romans built another road, locally known as Roman Ridge and often considered a branch of Dere Street or Watling Street, with numerous forts strategically positioned along it. Lagentium, along with what is now Littleborough, Bawtry, Tadcaster and Doncaster, was one of these forts.The fort built in Castleford shared many of the luxuries of any Roman settlement. In the vicus (a settlement just outside the fort) there were temples, houses, shops, alehouses(public house), public bathhouses and brothels. Many other improvements were made to Lagentium, including straight metalled roads, rectangular stone buildings with tiled roofs and glazed windows; the houses had drains and sometimes central heating.Around 180 Lagentium was abandoned, as the Roman Empire withdrew its legions. The Brigantes returned to power and reoccupied Lagentium around 250, Their culture, now called Romano-British, had been profoundly influenced by that of the Romans. There were no significant changes from the time the Romans had left to the Middle Ages. The Brigantes allowed the fort to grow over, and they continued with the farming way of life that they had had for centuries.After the Norman Conquest of England in 1066: the land was split up and given to the King's knights. The land in Castleford, Pontefract, Leeds, Wakefield and Morley was given to Ilbert de Lacey. Castleford continued to be a farming village, and remained as one until the industrial revolution.".
- Lagentium thumbnail Castleford_Legions_-_geograph.org.uk_-_393608.jpg?width=300.
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- Lagentium wikiPageOutDegree "32".
- Lagentium wikiPageRevisionID "698011643".
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Bawtry.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Brigantes.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Britannia.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Castleford.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Category:70s_establishments.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ancient_Roman_forts_in_England.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Archaeological_sites_in_West_Yorkshire.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Castleford.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_West_Yorkshire.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink De_Lacy.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Dere_Street.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Doncaster.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Ermine_Street.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink File:Red_pog.svg.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Humber.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Industrial_Revolution.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Knight.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Leeds.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Monarch.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Morley,_West_Yorkshire.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Norman_conquest_of_England.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Pontefract.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Roman_Empire.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Roman_Ridge.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Romano-British_culture.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Tadcaster.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Wakefield.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink Watling_Street.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLink West_Yorkshire.
- Lagentium wikiPageWikiLinkText "Lagentium".
- Lagentium abandoned "180".
- Lagentium altNames "Legiolum".
- Lagentium caption "Modern tile mosaic illustrating Castleford's Roman history".
- Lagentium founded "c. 74 AD".
- Lagentium latitude "53.726".
- Lagentium locationCountry "England".
- Lagentium locationCounty "West Yorkshire".
- Lagentium locationState "England".
- Lagentium locationTown Castleford.
- Lagentium longitude "-1.356".
- Lagentium mapCaption "(8px Lagentium shown within West Yorkshire )".
- Lagentium name "Lagentium".
- Lagentium province Britannia.
- Lagentium refUkOsng "SE4225".
- Lagentium weakStructBuilt "c. 70 AD".
- Lagentium weakStructMaterial "Wood and earth".
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- Lagentium subject Category:70s_establishments.
- Lagentium subject Category:Ancient_Roman_forts_in_England.
- Lagentium subject Category:Archaeological_sites_in_West_Yorkshire.
- Lagentium subject Category:Castleford.
- Lagentium subject Category:History_of_West_Yorkshire.
- Lagentium hypernym Name.
- Lagentium type Area.
- Lagentium type Place.
- Lagentium type Area.
- Lagentium type Attraction.
- Lagentium type Establishment.
- Lagentium type Fort.
- Lagentium type Place.
- Lagentium type Site.
- Lagentium comment "Lagentium or Legiolum was the Roman name for the fort and surrounding civilian settlement which was built around the year 74 by the Roman Empire. The English town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is now built on what was the fort.Around this time, the Romans defeated the Brigantes, a peaceful, farming people. The Romans named this new settlement Lagentium. They built a turf and timber fort sometime in the early 70s to guard the river crossings and the vital road to the north.".
- Lagentium label "Lagentium".
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- Lagentium sameAs Q6471998.
- Lagentium wasDerivedFrom Lagentium?oldid=698011643.
- Lagentium depiction Castleford_Legions_-_geograph.org.uk_-_393608.jpg.
- Lagentium isPrimaryTopicOf Lagentium.