Eboracum Roman York titled "Eboracum or York under the Romans" in 1842, including first hand records of discoveries during excavations in 1835. William Hargrove brought many new discoveries to the attention of the public through published articles in his newspaper the "Herald" and the "Courant" and published a series of guides with references to casual finds. The first large-scale excavations were undertaken by S. Miller from Glasgow University in the 1920s with a focus on the defences. Substantial physical remains have been excavated in York in the last two centuries including the city walls, the legionary bath-house and headquarters building, civilian
Name of the Franks refers to the language in which the book was written as "the original Low Dutch". Linguistic "Old Dutch" had already become "Low Dutch", the contemporary language, and "High Dutch", or High German. On the other hand, "Old Dutch" was a popular English adjective used in the 18th century with reference to people, places and things. Name of the Franks The name of the Franks (Latin "Franci") and the derived names of "Francia" and "Franconia" (and the adjectives "Frankish" and "Franconian") are derived from the name given to a Germanic tribal confederation which emerged in the 3rd century. The Frankish Empire