Pennocrucium

Pennocrucium was a Roman city in Britain .

geography

Pennocrucium was located at what is now Water Eaton in southern Staffordshire , 12 miles from the port city of Uxacona . The important Roman road Watling Street ran through Pennocrucium from England to the north-west.

history

Pennocrucium was built in the 2nd century AD. The city was a major transportation hub on Watling Street.

This city is mentioned in the Antonini Itinerary .

literature

• Graham Webster: The Cornovii , London 1991 ISBN 0-86299-877-8
• Bernd Löhberg: The Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti. A street directory of the Roman Empire , 2 volumes, Frank & Timme, Berlin 2006 (on this the review by Michael Rathmann , in: H-Soz-u-Kult , February 14, 2008, available online ).

Coordinates: 52 ° 41 ′ 38.7 "  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 42.9"  W.