• Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus...
  • Isca Augusta was constructed in the typical legionary “playing-card” shape that covered an area of 50 acres, using turf, clay, and timber for a wooden palisade.
  • Isca was founded in 74 or 75 AD and remained the headquarters of the Legion II Augusta until at least 300 AD.
  • Isca Augusta aka Isca Silurum, a second legionary camp in the territory of the Silures, was established in ca 74 at the time of Emperor Vespasian.
  • Mithraic monuments of Isca. Inscripton of Justus from Caerleon. This oolite base, dedicated to the invincible Mithras, was found in the baths of the Villa de...
  • Isca Augusta stood as an indomitable symbol of Roman military might, meticulously constructed with a strategic vision that exemplified the empire’s dominance.
  • The fortress of Isca was originally home to the 5,500 heavily armed infantry troops that made up the Second Augustan Legion (Legio Secunda Augusta).
  • In Caerleon is the National Roman Legion Museum, which exhibits artifacts discovered in the area of Isca Augusta (coins, weapons, etc.).
  • Isca Augusta was headquarters of the Legion "II Augusta", which took part in the invasion under Emperor Claudius in 43 AD and was one of only three permanent...
  • English: Isca Augusta (or Isca Silurum) was a Roman legionary fortress and settlement, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day village of...