DEVA (mod.

See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester)  , a Roman legionary fortress in Britain on the Dee, It was occupied by Roman troops about A.D . 48 and held probably till the end of the Roman dominion . Its garrison was the Legio XX . Valeria Victrix, with which another legion (II . Adjutrix) was associated for a few years, about A.D . 75-85 . It never developed, like many Roman legionary fortresses, into a town, but remained military throughout . Parts of its north and east walls (from Morgan's Mount to Peppergate) and numerous inscriptions remain to indicate its character and area . See F . J . Haverfield, Catalogue of the Grosvenor Museum, Chester (Chester, 1900), Introduction .