The legionary fortress was large enough to accommodate 5,000 men. We can assume there were trees here, as Eboracum means roughly ‘the place of the yew trees’. The Ninth Legion established a fortress, which would become the main military powerhouse during the Roman Occupation. Despite some evidence of Iron Age occupation, there was probably not much happening at York before Emperor Vespasian began the conquest of northern Britain in 71AD.
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