Roman Chester: Deva Victrix

Dr Caroline Pudney, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, explores the fascinating past of Roman Chester.

[@jjohnston8253]

Well done, Dr. Pudney. A very informative and interesting documentary.

[@elsiesaunders4607]

Really interesting. I love history. I never realised how important Chester was til I read H M Sealey's Kingdom Rising novels - especially Deva Rising which is set in Chester. I had to visit and see all the places mentioned. I like the Professor in those books because he often references Chester.

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Great documentary, concise and enlightening, grand work Dr Pudney

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

Very interesting thanks, I must visit Chester one day it looks full of history.

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Superb work and a very informative video

[@archaeodeath]

Well done, Dr Pudney!

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It's so educative

[@Starchaser63]

I went to Chester zoo as a youngster but i will be visiting again soon only this time ss an adult. I live in Liverpool so its not too far. its an interesting and fascinating place 🤔

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Beautiful.

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[@pauldean8638]

It’s mad to think the Mersey is another close river but doesn’t share as much history like the Dee , Romans , vikings and such all landed there

[@irenejohnston6802]

Romans crossed at narrowest point possibly. Road through Wigan and Standish. Mersey means boundary river. V little on map because there were Mosses which don't suppose invited settlement. Districts of Page Moss. Gillmoss. In Manchester Chatmoss.Lots of Scandi names in my area.

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@@irenejohnston6802 hey well that sounds about right as we have Nordic/ viking markings on our local hillside and a strip of land in front called bidston moss . That’s at the end of the Mersey , so I guess your near the start of the Mersey ?

[@RalphEllis]

The elliptical building in Fortress Dewa is a Temple of the Zodiac. Or more precisely, it was a Vesica Piscis shape and therefor a Temple of Pisces. (Note: the precessional Great Month of Pisces began in AD 10.) So where else in the Empire do we find precessional zodiacs? Ah yes, the Nazarene Jews venerated the zodiac in Judaea, which is why we get so many zodiacs in synagogues - like at Hamat Teverya and Huqoq in Galilee. And the Chester Temple of the Zodiac was designed in Egyptian royal cubits - the same measurement system used by the Jews, as it says in the Torah. Ok, so now we know what the Chester fortress really was for. It was a vast 1st century Guantanamo Bay, built by Emperor Vespasian to hold the dangerous rebel leaders from the Jewish Revolt. (It was built a year after the Revolt ended.). Rome wanted to keep these rebel leaders (the kings and princes of Adiabene-Edessa) as far from their power base in the East as possible. And they did not want to kill them, as happened with the British Druids, and spark a massive revolt like the Icenae Revolt, which happened only ten years previously. So they built Fortress Dewa; a Guantanamo Bay with a separate: accommodation block, exercise yard, bath house, and Temple of the Zodiac - to hold rebel leaders from the Jewish Revolt. Note: The elliptical Temple was destroyed in AD 110, after all the rebel leaders had died (of old age). But the eliptical Temple of the Zodiac was rebuilt in AD 222, after Emperor Elagabalus was deposed. Why? Because Elagabalus was a Galilean eunuch, and priest of the sacred Elagabal stone - and thus he was of exactly the same religion as the 1st century Galilean rebels of the Jewish Revolt. So the priests and administrators of Elagabalus’ regime (and Elagabalus himself?) were similarly exiled to Fortress Dewa. And to keep him and his religion happy, the Romans rebuilt the Temple of the Zodiac. And although it was a slightly different shape (fatter) it was again designed and built in Egypto-Israelite royal cubits. Ralph.

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Given how poor people were centuries ago, I'm very surprised , with just how much in coins and valuable items, are found every year all over Britain. Why so careless.

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