Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Medicus matt]

Why not Bristol? Not because I am steadfast on my point of view but I am curious. :?:

Because there wasn't much there.
There was a port,Abona, (mentioned in the Antonine Itineraries) which controlled the import and export of goods through the Bristol Channel (some remains of which were found during 18th building work at Sea Mills) and there are a few villas in the area but nothing major. Bristol didn't really develop until the Anglo Saxon period.

Gloucester was the main military base in the region. Whilst it doesn't prove that this continued to be the case in the post-Roman period, Gloucester was the base for one of the three British armies (along with Bath and Cirencester) destroyed at the Battle of Deorham in 577.