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RIBCHESTER
(ANCIENT ROMAN FORT OF BREMETENNACUM VETERAUM)
RIBCHESTER TO DAY IS A VERY PLEASANT VILLAGE IN THE RIBBLE VALLEY SET AT THE SIDE OF THE RIVER RIBBLE THAT MEANDERS ITS WAY TROUGH LANCASHIRE
MOST PLACES IN ENGLAND THAT END IN CHESTER (MEANING FORT) ARE OF ROMAN ORIGIN ,RIBCHESTER AS A SMALL MUSEUM THAT AS ON DISPLAY ALL THAT HAS BEEN FOUND OVER THE YEARS IN PEOPLES GARDENS ETC .
THE ROMAN FORT IS MOSTLY UNDER THE 12TH CENT CHURCH ST WILFRED'S AND THE MUSEUM AND SADLY LOST DUE TO THE CHANGING COURSE OF THE RIVER ,THE FORT DATES FROM AROUND 78AD IN THE REIGN OF VESPASIAN AND WHEN BRITAIN WAS UNDER THE GOVERNORSHIP OF JULIUS AGRICOLA .
THE SITE WAS OCCUPIED BY THE ROMANS FOR 300 YEARS THE FIRST DETACHMENT OF TROOPS BEING SPANISH CAVALRY THE ALA II ASTURUM OR THE SECOND ASTURIAN CAVALRY WHO CAME FROM NORTHERN SPAIN THEY WERE REPLACED AT THE END OF THE 2ND CENT AD BY EASTERN EUROPEANS SARMATIAN CAVALRY FROM MODERN DAY HUNGARY THE (SUFFIX VETERAUM MEANS THAT VETERANS FROM THE UNITS BASED HERE WERE GIVEN LAND TO FARM AND PLANT CROPS ON FINISHING THEIR SERVICE WITH THE ROMAN ARMY)
AS AT MOST SITES OF FORTS, A ROMANO BRITISH VILLAGE CAME ABOUT TO SUPPLY THE FORT WITH WHAT THE OCCUPANTS NEEDED .THIS IS WERE THE LOCAL BRITONS LIVED AND TODAY LIES UNDER THE MODERN DAY VILLAGE