Habitancum

Habitancum was an ancient Roman fort located at Risingham, Northumberland [1]. The fort's name is derived from the word Habitanci inscribed on an altar set up by Marcus Gavius Secundinus [1]. The fort occupies a low mound overlooking the River Rede [1]. The fort was built in the early Antonine period c. 138 AD when the frontier was re-established further north on the Antonine Wall [1]. It was destroyed in c. 197 AD but was rebuilt under Septimius Severus by the First Cohort of Vangiones in 205-8 on a different orientation to which the surviving earthworks belong [1]. The fort was destroyed again in the late 3rd century and rebuilt under Constantius about 306 [1]. It was destroyed in 343, rebuilt and finally destroyed in about 368 [1].