An artist's impression of the fort and surrounding area from the south-east, with the Roman bridge and River Tyne in the foreground, and Hadrian's Wall in the background (far left and to the right)
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Pons Aelius (Latin for "Aelian Bridge"), or Newcastle Roman Fort, was an auxiliary castra and small Roman settlement on Hadrian's Wall in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior (northern England), situated on the north bank of the River Tyne close to the centre of present-day Newcastle upon Tyne, and occupied between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD.
PonsAelius (Latin for "Aelian Bridge"), or Newcastle Roman Fort, was an auxiliary castra and small Roman settlement on Hadrian's Wall in the Roman province...
by Hadrian also bear the name Aelius. The PonsAelius is a bridge in Rome, now known as the Ponte Sant'Angelo. PonsAelius also refers to a Roman settlement...
completion the Emperor Hadrian built the PonsAelius less than two hundred metres upstream. Nero's bridge was also called Pons Vaticanus (meaning "Vatican Bridge"...
The Pons Sublicius is the earliest known bridge of ancient Rome, spanning the Tiber River near the Forum Boarium ("cattle forum") downstream from the Tiber...
Cambridge University Press, p. 66, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 LacusCurtius: Pons Fabricius Pons Fabricius at Structurae The Waters of Rome: Tiber River Bridges and...
cross the River Tyne at that point. The bridge was called PonsAelius or 'Bridge of Aelius', Aelius being the family name of Roman Emperor Hadrian, who was...
North East England. Newcastle developed around a Roman settlement called PonsAelius. The settlement became known as Monkchester before taking on the name...
The Pons Aemilius (Latin for the "Aemilian Bridge"; Italian: Ponte Emilio) is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome. Preceded by a wooden version, it was...
(or Mulvian) Bridge (Italian: Ponte Milvio or Ponte Molle; Latin: Pons Milvius or Pons Mulvius) is a bridge over the Tiber in northern Rome, Italy. It was...
(1891–1896) Ponte Umberto I (1885) Ponte Sant'Angelo (134, formerly called PonsAelius (Ponte Elio)) Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (1886–1911; also called Ponte...
tallest structure in Newcastle. The earliest bridge across the Tyne, PonsAelius, was built by the Romans on the site of the present Swing Bridge around...
This section of the Wall was the later extension from the Roman fort of PonsAelius (Newcastle) to that of Segedunum (Wallsend). This newer section of the...
Napoca Cluj-Napoca Romania 107-108 AD Potaissa Turda Romania 120 AD PonsAelius Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom 120 AD Durovigutum Godmanchester United...
Scossacavalli in Borgo. A third road, the via Aurelia nova, started from the PonsAelius running southwest until today's Porta San Pancrazio. The Ager Vaticanus...
(Lanchester) and Vindomora (Ebchester) and 8 miles (13 km) south from PonsAelius (Newcastle upon Tyne). It is east of the main Roman road of Dere Street...
of bridge-building techniques. The oldest bridge in ancient Rome was the Pons Sublicius. It was built in the 6th century BCE by Ancus Marcius over the...
C London (Londinium) C Manchester (Mamucium) C Newcastle upon Tyne (PonsAelius) Northwich (Condate) St Albans (Verulamium) C Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum)...
Cade's Road 100 miles 160 km Brough (Petuaria) to Newcastle upon Tyne (PonsAelius) York (Eboracum); Thirsk; Stockton; Sadberge; Sedgefield; Chester-le-Street...