Seal of New York City Seal of New York City The seal of New York City, designed in 1915 and adapted from an earlier form dating back in 1686, bears the legend which means simply "The Seal of the City of New York": "Eboracum" was the Roman name for York in Latin, the titular seat of James II as Duke of York. York was founded by the Romans in 70 AD. The two supporters represent the unity between Native Americans and colonists: dexter, a sailor colonist holds a plummet—a navigational tool—in his right hand, while over his right shoulder is a cross-staff; sinister, a Lenape
Eboracum names the city is known in those languages). The name was then Latinized by replacing the Celtic neuter nominative ending "-on" by its Latin equivalent "-um",a common use noted also in Gaul and Lusitania. Various place names, such as Évry, Ivry, Ivrey, Ivory and Ivrac in France would all come from "*eburacon / *eburiacon"; for example: Ivry-la-Bataille (Eure, "Ebriaco" in 1023–1033), Ivry-le-Temple ("Evriacum" in 1199) Évry (Essonne, "Everiaco" in 1158), etc. The Roman conquest of Britain began in 43 AD but advance beyond the Humber did not take place until the early 70s AD. This was because the people in