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A hundred ancient coins found in Devon, South West England disproves the theory that tribal resistance to Roman rule forced them into a smaller area of conquest. Exeter in Devon now appears to be the last outpost of the Roman Empire and is farther West than historically claimed.
The Roman invasion of Exeter in the period AD 50-55 lasted twenty years until they moved on to Wales.
Vespasian commanded his legion build a fortress overlooking the river Exe.
Exter was a bustling Romano-British civilization known as Isca Dumnoniorum, its main town was Dumonii inhabited by a native British tribe in Devon and Cornwall.
Exeter represented the limit of Roman settlement due to the resistance to Romanisation by this tribe.
Historians anticipate even more treasures of antiquity will be uncovered.
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