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