Rethinking Romano-British corinium

Coates, Richard

Abstract

It is suggested that the name generally accepted as the Romano-British name of Cirencester, Corinium, the traditional spelling deriving from a Latin rendering of that in Ptolemy's Geography, is mistaken, and that for philologically sound reasons the authentic name is more likely to have been Cironium, as recorded in the Ravenna Cosmography. Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2013.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Jun 22, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2016
• Journal: Antiquaries Journal
• Print ISSN: 0003-5815
• Electronic ISSN: 1758-5309
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 93
• Pages: 81-91
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581513000243
• Keywords: Corinium, Romans, Roman Britain, Cirencester
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/928203
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003581513000243
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Published in Antiquaries Journal, September 2013. The published version of this article can be found online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003581513000243
• Contract Date: Nov 15, 2016