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Longovicium (Lanchester) Durham, England.
Roman fort of ca. 2.2 ha, 17 km N of Vinovia on Dere Street (NZ 159469). It was probably first occupied under Hadrian or Antoninus Pius, and garrisoned by Cohors I fida Vardullorum ca. A.D. 175 (RIB 1083). Reoccupied and rebuilt in the 3d c., perhaps from the reign of Gordian III (RIB 1091-92), when it was garrisoned by Cohors I Lingonum and also by a vexillatio Sueborum (RIB 1074). But in the 4th c. the garrison was a numerus identified only by the name of its station (numerus Longovicianorum). Metal-working was prominent in the village which grew up around the fort.
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