Magnis (Kenchester)

Magni was a small Roman town in the province of Britain (south of Kenchester, Herefordshire ). She was about 9 acres in size and lay in the territory of the civitas of Dobunni. The city's name appears in the Antonine Itinerary and the geographer of Ravenna.

The place seems to have been a prosperous market town. He had numerous shops. There were residential buildings with mosaics and a Gallo -Roman temple with was about 400 meters from the town center. The revered deity here is unknown, but was found in Michael Church an altar with an alleged dedication to an otherwise unknown deity Tridamus (also read error possible). This altar is probably derived from Magni once. There were at least a bathhouse. There were five in the 19th century Doric capitals that further emphasize that it at least gave some important buildings here.

The city was surrounded by a wall. From west to east led a main road through the town, branched off from the irregular streets. In the city there was a milestone that might call the Dobunni and under the emperor Numerian ( 283-284 AD) is dated. This may suggest that the city was the capital of a civitas in the third century, as milestones are mostly related to such major locations. Another option is that Magni was the center of a pagus. Furthermore, the city in this period seems to have been developed, which in turn suggests a growing importance. In the middle of the fourth century, the western gate of the city walls were strengthened, further construction work on this gate dating to the end of the fourth century. Out of the gate with two inputs, one such was created with a. Also the road has been reduced accordingly. The fate of the city in the following period is unknown, but there is no follow- medieval settlement.