At first, Viroconium Cornoviorum was a Roman fortress, but it turned into a city toward the end of the first century C.E. The city consisted of almost 200 acres and had a population size of about ...

The National Trust wrote about the ancient Roman city, "Between AD 50 and 90, Viroconium was the site of legionary fortress housing men primarily from Legio XIV Gemina and later Legio XX.