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Description: | Building inscription of the Classis Britannica (British Fleet). Found in 1937 in the west granary at Benwell.
Roman fleets were not normally used for sea attacks until the third century. Before that they were mostly concerned with convoying and supplying armies and suppressing piracy and were therefore available to assist the legions with the building of Hadrian’s Wall. The fleet was thought to have been drafted in to build some of the fort granaries at Benwell, Rudchester and Halton Chesters. | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.britisharchaeology.932 | Go to resource |
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