Severus, however, failed as completely as Agricola had failed before him, and he died soon after his return to Eboracum.
Constantine the Great, his son, was first proclaimed emperor at Eboracum.
Two hundred years is a considerable length of time, even in the history of a nation, and much happened in Eboracum in that while.
He was the son of Constantius Chlorus, and was with him at Eboracum at the time of his death, and there assumed the purple.
Amongst others, the free inhabitants of Eboracum and Verulamium enjoyed the coveted rights of Roman citizenship.
