ROMANS HAD BASE AT CHESTER GREEN
AD43 saw the first significant invasion of Great Britain by the Romans.
Derbyshire would have been populated by local native tribes, some of whom already had pro-Roman leaders.
Other anti-Roman tribes fought against this new invasion and it took almost five years for Romans to reach what is now the city of Derby.
In around AD80, they moved to a site on the east of the river and built a large structure which had stone walls.
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The foundations are buried across the area the Romans knew as Little Chester, which stretches from Chester Green to the Racecourse.
After establishing themselves, the Romans linked their various positions across the country with a network of well-made roads, one of which went west from Little Chester to Rocester, 15 miles away, where they had another fort.
In the third century the Romans had a crisis in their economy and their coinage fell out of circulation, hence coins began to be made locally.
In the 4th century Roman civilisation declined. The last Roman soldiers left Britain in AD407. The Roman buildings in Derby fell into ruins.
After the decline of the Romans, the Danes founded the town of Derby in about AD873.
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by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, March 17 2013, 6:06PM
“"Without the enormous Roman influence we would not even have the name Derby, would we DB."
Thanks for admitting your mistake!"
Someone has had an irnoy by-pass and it's not me.”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, March 17 2013, 6:01PM
“Leicester tourism boost? Thank the lord for Shakespeare, eh Leicester. And £14m out of DB's figure of £7.5bn is not to be sniffed at. If only Derby could gain an additional £14m in tourism revenue. It could make a huuuuge difference to things.”
by Derby_born
Sunday, March 17 2013, 5:39PM
“Http404, one fir you to consuder:
"Richard III could provide a king's ransom for Leicester with an estimated £14 million tourism boost.Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce chief executive Martin Traynor has based his calculation on the increased flow of tourists into Leicester since the discovery of the king's remains and all the national and international press coverage of the city.Read more: http://tinyurl.com/dy8ljav us: @thisisleics on Twitter | thisisleicestershire on Facebook”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, March 17 2013, 5:34PM
“Sorry DB, I thought you were waxing lyrical on the 'Roman influence on Derby'. You know Derby, known worldwide as the St Albans of the East Midlands.”
by Derby_born
Sunday, March 17 2013, 5:34PM
“Neo_MadBadgerSunday, March 17 2013, 4:34PM"Thanks for the history lesson DB. But Derby is not a roman name"
Madbadger here is you what you wrote previously:
"Without the enormous Roman influence we would not even have the name Derby, would we DB."
Thanks for admitting your mistake!”
by Derby_born
Sunday, March 17 2013, 5:21PM
“Madbadger it is you who suggested that Derby is a Roman name, neither I or the article on this page made any mention of the Romans giving the town the name of Derby.”
by Neo_MadBadger
Sunday, March 17 2013, 4:34PM
“Thanks for the history lesson DB. But Derby is not a roman name.”
by Http_404
Sunday, March 17 2013, 4:26PM
“No slightly off topic articles to quote or link to this time?
I'm sure had you tried you could have found something mentioning York or Chester”
by Derby_born
Sunday, March 17 2013, 4:15PM
“Like I said before, it is good to see the Telegraph standing by its long tradition of publishing local history articles. I recall the likes of J. W. Allen with his regular history column, he generated an interest in our history that influenced many local hisory enthusiasts, and as I already mentioned, it is good to see the children of today who take such an enthusiastic interest in their past.
I can see an enormous amount of ignorance in some of the posts here, madbadger's peurile attempt at sarcasm, at no point did I suggest that Derby was named by the Romans, and Http404 with his infantile comments about living in caves! I've read such comments before, they only show a high level of ignorance and lack of respect for our history.
Chester Green has so many treasures, a Roman hypercaust has been preserved, which shows us how the Romans heated their homes, it is also something of a tourist attraction that gets a faur mention by Visit Britain and attrcts attention from around the world.
Derby does not make enough of its past, whereas the historic buildings and sites of other cities bring in an annual income of £7.5billion a year, Derby is not cashing in on its historical assets.
There does seem to be some hope for our local history now that the City Council has decided to erect blue plaques on some of our most important sites, commorating the great and the good who have influenced the evolution of our city.”
by Http_404
Sunday, March 17 2013, 10:49AM
“Such ashame all the roman architecture and buildings where destroyed, so much nicer than today's monstrosities, derby would be much more a plesent city if we all still lived in caves and mud huts perhaps castleward could be built with a roman garrison styled esplanade to preserve the cities historical styling”