Viroconium Cornoviorum

Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by Wroxeter, a small village in Shropshire, England, about 5 miles east-south-east of Shrewsbury [1]. At its peak, Viroconium is estimated to have been the 4th-largest Roman settlement in Britain, a civitas with a population of more than 15,000 [1]. When the Cornovii were eventually subdued by the Romans, their capital was moved to Wroxeter and given its Roman name [1]. By the 6th century, most Roman urban sites and villas in Britain were being abandoned but the town between 530 and 570 underwent a substantial rebuilding programme [1].