Southampton

• Southampton is a major deep water port and city located on Southampton Water at the confluence of the rivers Itchen and Test and nearby Hamble in the County of Hampshire.
• A Roman port called Clausentum has been partly excavated at Bitterne, although no Roman remains are visible above ground.

Clausentum

• Clausentum was a Roman town now under Bitterne near Southampton on the river Itchen.
• The Breakway Britannic Empire under Carausius and Allectus minted coins in Clausentum between 293-296 CE. Coins bore the Mint mark C, CL.

Roman Roads

• Ermin Street
  • A road ran from Clausentum and Winchester to join Ermin Street at Silchester.

Nearby Sites

• Silchester
• Fordingbridge
• Winchester
• Portchester

Clausentum, Bitterne, Southampton