Roman Fort Condercum-Temple to Antenociticus

Condercum was the third Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, located west of Newcastle. It was constructed between 122 and 124 AD by soldiers of the Legio II Augusta and served as a cavalry fort. Later construction or repair work in the late 2nd century was carried out by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix. In the 2nd century, the fort was garrisoned by the Cohors I Vangionum Milliaria Equitata, a part-mounted unit from Upper Germany. From 205 to 367 AD, a 500-strong auxiliary cavalry unit, the Ala Primae Hispanorum Asturum from northern Spain, was stationed at the fort.