Calcaria

{{Short description|Town in the Roman province of Britannia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}}

[[File:Calcaria.jpg|thumb|right|The former Calcaria public house in Tadcaster, the namesake of Calcaria]] '''Calcaria''' was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today, it is known as Tadcaster, located in the English county of North Yorkshire.

The Romans founded the settlement and named it ''Calcaria'' from the Latin word for ''lime kilns'', reflecting the importance of the area's Magnesian Limestone geology as a natural resource for quarrying. The nature of the settlement is uncertain.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=54930 |mname= Calcaria Roman Town ||accessdate= 16 March 2014}}</ref> It is possible that it started as an Imperial staging post with a mansio because of its location at a river crossing on the road from Danum (Doncaster) to Eburacum (York). Just to the north-west is the Roman fort at Newton Kyme (possibly Praesidium) dating from the 4th century. Mileages on the Antonine Itinerary suggest that Calcaria may have lain well west of Tadcaster.

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==Sources== *{{cite book | last = Garlick | first = Tom | title = Roman Yorkshire | publisher = Dalesman Publishing | year = 1971 | location = Clapham}} *{{cite book |last=Arias |first=Gonzalo |url=https://www.academia.edu/42896907/Grammar_in_the_Antonine_Itinerary_a_challenge_to_British_archaeologists |title=Grammar in the Antonine Itinerary |publisher=Arias |year=1987 |location=La Linea}}

Category:History of North Yorkshire Category:Roman towns and cities in England Category:Tadcaster Category:Roman sites in North Yorkshire