08-26-2018, 10:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2018, 11:12 AM by Nathan Ross.)
(08-25-2018, 11:19 PM)John1 Wrote: I thought he was from Bannaventa in Northamptonshire.......
Of all the various suggested options I'd say Tafarn-y-Banwen in south Wales sounds like the best fit for Bannauem Taburniae. Close to Roman roads, forts and settlements (and Irish settlements too), and the coastal town of Neath (Nidum) could just be 'Nemthur'....!
(08-15-2018, 10:53 AM)D B Campbell Wrote: ...derived from an original Latin medio, we should surely ask "middle of what?"...
Might there be a possibility that 'Medio' was the name of the fort in the middle of the wall?
If we do split Medio from Nemeton in the Ravenna List, we get five names to the east, then 'Medio', then five names to the west. That would make 'Medio' something like Westerwood (geographically the centre). 'Nemeton' would be next named fort to the west of that. Apparently the list doesn't name all the forts though, so it's hard to be sure which one that might be...
Nathan Ross
