Traprain Law - Izeria

Traprain Law est une colline de 221 m d'altitude située 6 km à l'est de Haddington, dans l'East Lothian, en Écosse. Elle est le site d'un oppidum ou d'une colline fortifiée couvrant 16 hectares à son extension maximale. La colline est utilisée depuis au moins 1 500 ans av. J.-C., en tant que place funéraire. Des fortifications datant de 1000 ans av. J.-C. y ont été découvertes. Ces fortifications ont été reconstruites et remaniées plusieurs fois au cours des siècles suivants. Les fouilles ont montré que le site a été occupé à la fin de l'âge du fer et lors de la période romaine, depuis environ 40 av. J.-C. jusqu'au dernier quart du IIe siècle de notre ère, peu après la construction du mur d'Antonin. Le site est réinvesti après le retrait des troupes romaine au sud du mur d'Hadrien. Il est alors occupé sans interruption, d'environ 220 jusqu'au début du Ve siècle ou, peu après la réfection de son enceinte, il est abandonné Au Ier siècle de notre ère, les auteurs gréco-romains nous donnent le nom du peuple des Votadini, comme celui des habitants de la région. Il est généralement considéré que Traprain Law était alors l'un de leurs principaux habitats, peut-être celui appelé "Curia" par Claude Ptolémée. Au départ des Romains, les Votadini s'affirment comme un royaume indépendant connu sous le nom de royaume de Gododdin. Traprain Law est alors probablement leur chef-lieu avant le déplacement de celui-ci à Edinburgh Castle.

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