RBO - Southern Campaigns

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Aulus Plautius

Governor of Britannia from AD43 to 46

'The first consular governor
to be placed in command of Britain
was Aulus Plautius: ...'
Tacitus Agricola 14.1

Camulodunum/Colchester, Essex - legionary fortress (Leg XX Valeria; TL9925)

Longthorpe, Cambridgeshire - vexillation fortress (Legio IX Hispana; TL1597)

Lake Farm, Dorset - fort, vexillation fortress (Legio II Augusta; SY9999)

Alchester, Bicester, Oxfordshire - fort, vexillation fortress (Legio XIV Gemina; SP5720)

Noviomagus/Chichester, West Sussex - vexillation fortress (Legio II Augusta; SU8604)

Ratae/Leicester, Leicestershire - vexillation fortress (probably: Legio IX Hispana; SK5804)

Rutupiae/Richborough, Kent - invasion bridgehead and naval base (TR3260)

Fingringhoe Wick, Essex - naval base serving legionary fortress at Colchester (TM0519)

Magnus Portus/Bosham Harbour, West Sussex - naval base serving the early fortress at Chichester (SU8003)

Hamworthy, Poole Harbour, Dorset - naval base serving vex. fortress at Lake Farm (SZ0090)

Caesaromagus/Chelmsford, Essex - fort, later Civitas of the Trinovantes (TL7006)

Canonium/Kelvedon, Essex - fort (TL8618)

Combretovium/Baylham House, Suffolk - fort (TM1152)

Ixworth, Suffolk - fort, possibly named Sitomagus (TL9369)

Durobrivae/Water Newton, Cambridgeshire - fort (TL1296)

Great Chesterford, Essex - fort (TL5043)

Verulamium/St. Albans, Hertfordshire - fort, later Civitas of the Catuvellauni (TL1307)

Shapwick, Dorset - fort near the Lake Farm campaign fortress (ST9402)

Dunum/Hod Hill, Dorset - fort in corner of a Durotrigan hillfort (ST8510)

Charterhouse on Mendip, Avon - fort protecting silver workings in the Mendip Hills (ST5056)

Corinium/Cirencester, Gloucestershire - fort, later Civitas of the Dobunni (SP0201)

Great Casterton, Leicestershire - fort (TF0009)

Causennae/Ancaster, Lincolnshire - fort (SK9843)

Ad Pontem/East Stoke, Nottingham - fort (SK7550)

Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire - fort (SK5242)

Publius Ostorius Scapula

Governor of Britannia from AD47 to 52

'Meanwhile, in Britain,
Publius Ostorius, the propraetor,
found himself confronted by disturbance. ...'
Tacitus Annals XII.i.1

Manduessedum/Mancetter, Warwickshire - vexillation fortress (Legio XIV Gemina; SP3296)

Isca Dumnoniorum/Exeter, Devon - signal-station, legionary fortress (Legio II Augusta; SX9292)

Kingsholm, Gloucester, Gloucestershire - vexillation fortress (Legio XX Valeria; SO8318)

Eaton Constantine, Leighton, Shropshire - vexillation fortress (Legio XIV Gemina; SJ5905)

Wroxeter, Shropshire - auxiliary fort (Cohors Primae Thracum; SJ5607)

Rhyn Park, Shropshire - vexillation fortress (Legio XIV Gemina; SJ3037)

Topsham, Devon - naval base serving the fortress at Exeter (SX9688)

Statio Deventiasteno/Nanstallon, Cornwall - fort (SX0356)

Charterhouse on Mendip, Avon - fort guarding the silver mines in the Mendip Hills (ST5056)

Corinium/Cirencester, Gloucestershire - fort (Ala Gallorum Indiana; SP0201), later Civitas of the Dobunni

Letocetum/Wall, Staffordshire - fort (SK0906)

Pennocrucium/Water Eaton, Staffordshire - fort (SJ9010)

Greensforge, Staffordshire - fort (SO8688)

Stretton Grandison, Hereford & Worcester - fort (SO6343)

Gobannium/Abergavenny, Gwent - fort (SO2914)

Cardiff, South Glamorgan - fort (ST1876)

Stretford Bridge, Craven Arms, Shropshire - fort (SO4284)

Brandon Camp, Hereford & Worcester - Roman fort in corner of Iron-Age hillfort (SO4072)

Brompton, Shropshire - fort and campaign camps (SO2493)

Hindwell Farm, Walton, Powys - fort (SO2560)

Clifford, Hereford & Worcester - large fort (SO2446)

Stanway, Colchester, Essex - fort set in the middle of the British royal enclosure (TL9622)

Camulodunum/Colchester, Essex - Roman Colonia (TL9925)

Aulus Didius Gallus

Governor of Britannia from AD52 to 57

'Next Didius Gallus maintained the ground gained by his predecessors, and pushed forward a few forts into remoter districts in order to gain credit for enlarging his province.'
Tacitus Agricola 14.2

Osmanthorpe, Nottinghamshire - vexillation fortress (Legio IX Hispana; SK6756)

Newton-on-Trent, Lincolnshire - vexillation fortress (Legio IX Hispana; SK8273)

Rossington Bridge, South Yorkshire - vexillation fortress (Legio IX Hispana; SK6399)

Letocetum/Wall, Staffordshire - vexillation fortress (<i>Legio XIV Gemina; SK0906)

Pennocrucium/Kinvaston, Staffordshire - vexillation fortress (Legio XIV Gemina; SJ9010)

Derventio/Littlechester, Derbyshire - fort (SK3537)

Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire - fortlet (SK5242)

Lutudarum/Pentrich, Derbyshire - signal station & silver/lead mines in the Lower Pennines (SK3852)

Quintus Veranius

Governor of Britannia from AD57 to 58

'Didius was followed by Veranius, who died within the year. ...'
Tacitus Agricola 14.3

Viroconium/Wroxeter, Shropshire - legionary fortress (Legio XIV Gemina; SJ5608)

Kingsholme, Glevum/Gloucester - vexillation fortress (Legio XX Valeria; SO8318)

Burrium/Usk, Gwent - vexillation fortress (Legio XX Valeria; SO3700)

Isca Dumnoniorum/Exeter, Devon - legionary fortress (Legio II Augusta; SX9292)

Salinae/Droitwich, Hereford & Worcester - fort (SO8963)

Greensforge, South Staffordshire - fort (SO8688)

Llwyn-y-Brain, Powys - large fort (SO0492)

Cae Gaer, Powys - fortlet/signal station (SN8281)

Erglodd, Dyfed - fortlet/signal station (SN6590)

Penmincae, Powys - fortlet/signal station (SO0053)

Coed-y-Caerau, Bulmore, Gwent - fortlet/signal station (ST3791)

Gaius Suetonius Paulinus

Governor of Britannia from c.AD58 to 61

'Suetonius Paulinus after him¹ had two successful years, reducing tribes and strengthening the garrisons: presuming upon which success, he attacked the island of Anglesey, a rallying-point of rebellion, and so left his rear open to surprise.'
Tacitus Agricola 14.3

Mona Insula/Isle of Anglesey - Major Battle

GLEVUM/Gloucester - vexillation fortress (Legio XX Valeria; SO8318)

Aquae Sulis/Bath, Avon - probable fort (occupied by cohorts of Legio XX Valeria, perhaps also Ala I Thracum; ST7564)

Corinium/Cirencester, Gloucesterhire - fort, guarding the Civitas of the Dobunni (perhaps garrisoned by Ala Gallorum Indiana; SP0201)

Camulodunum/Colchester, Essex - Colonia (TL9925)

Londinium/London - Claudian administrative centre (TQ3281)

Verulamium/St. Albans, Hertfordshire - Municipium and Civitas of the Catuvellauni (TL1307)

Pennocrucium/Water Eaton, Staffordshire - earlier fort, contemporary marching camps?, later fort? (SJ9010)

Letocetum/Wall, Staffordshire - earlier fort, contemporary marching camp?, possibly of Paulinus expeditionary force returning from North Wales (SK0906)

Greensforge, South Staffordshire - earlier fort, contemporary marching camps?, later fort? (SO8688)

Combretovium/Baylham House, Suffolk - fort, on the border between the Iceni and the Trinovantes (TM1152)

Sitomagus/Ixworth, Suffolk - fort, on the border between the Iceni and the Catuvellauni (TL9369)

Great Casterton, Leicestershire - fort, on the border between the Iceni and the Coritani (TF0009)

The Lunt, Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire - fort and horse-training gyrus (SP3475)

Publius Petronius Turpilianus

Governor of Britannia from AD61/2 to 63

'Accordingly Petronius Turpilianus was sent to the province as less inflexible; ... without venturing on any further action, handed over the province to Trebellius Maximus.'
Tacitus Agricola 16.3

Marcus Trebellius Maximus

Governor of Britannia from AD63 to 69

'... Trebellius was less energetic, had no military experience, and kept the province in hand by a mild-mannered administration. ... but there was mutiny and trouble when the army, accustomed to the field, became riotous and idle.'
Tacitus Agricola 16.3-4

Glevum/Gloucester - legionary fortress (Legio II Augusta; SO8318)

Viroconium/Wroxeter, Shropshire - legionary fortress (Legio XX Valeria; SJ5608)

Marcus Vettius Bolanus

Governor of Britannia from AD69 to 71

'Nor did Vettius Bolanus ... distress Britain with discipline ...'
Agricola XVI.v

Lindum/Lincoln - legionary fortress (Legio IX Hispana; SK9771)

Quintus Petillius Cerialis

Governor of Britannia from AD71 to 73/4

'... Petillius Cerialis at once struck terror into their hearts by invading the commonwealth of the Brigantes ... many battles were fought, sometimes bloody battles. ...'
Agricola xvii.1

Eburacum/York - legionary fortress (Legio IX Hispana; SE6052)

Lindum/Lincoln - legionary fortress (Legio II Adiutrix; SK9771)

Rey Cross, Durham - large marching camp between Brough and Bowes (NY9012)

Crackenthorpe, Cumbria - large marching camp SE of Kirkby Thore (NY6523)

Plumpton Head, Cumbria - large marching camp between Old Penrith & Braugham (NY5035)

Luguvalium/Carlisle, Cumbria - probable large camp (NY3956)

Sextus Julius Frontinus

Governor of Britannia AD73/4 to 77/8

'... Julius Frontinus was, so far as a subject of the emperor could be, a great man ... his arms reduced the Silures, a powerful and warlike race ...'
Tacitus Agricola 17.2