Eboracum was a fort and town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as York, located in the English county of Yorkshire. The name may have been derived from another Roman city in the Iberian peninsula called Ebora (current day Evora in Portugal). The Roman conquest of Britain began in 43, but an advance beyond the River Humber did not take place until the early 70s when the Ninth Legion marched north from Lincoln to pacify the Celtic people known as the Brigantes. The legion was led by the governor of Britain, Quintus Petilius Cerialis, during the reign of Roman EmperorVespasian, who signalled Rome's determination to conquer the north by constructing a military fortress on the north-east bank of the River Ouse at York, in 71.
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