Arbeia is the site of a Roman fort in South Shields, South Tyneside, which has been partially reconstructed (viz the gatehouse). It was first excavated in the 1870s. It is now run by Tyne & Wear Museums. Roman or Romans may refer to: History Ancient Rome Roman Kingdom (753 BC to 509 BC) Roman Republic (509 BC to 44 BC) Roman Empire (44 BC to AD 476) Roman citizen Byzantine Empire (330 to 1453), also known as the Eastern Roman Empire or the Empire of the Greeks... King Street South Shields and Metro station Map sources for South Shields at grid reference NZ365665 South Shields is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne, with a population of about 90,000. ... South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...
Arbeia is the site of a large Roman fort in South Shields, South Tyneside, which has been partially reconstructed (viz the gatehouse and the commandant's house).
"Arbeia" means "fort of the Arab troops", referring to the fact that part of its garrison at one time was a squadron of Syrian boatmen from the Tigris.
One commemorates Regina, a British woman of the Kentish Cattivellauni tribe, who was first the slave, then the freedwoman and wife of Barates, a Syrian merchant who evidently missed her greatly when she died at the age of 30.
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