Procurator Gynaecii Procurator Gynaecii Procurator Gynaecii (Latin for "Manager of the weaving factory"; plural "procuratores gynaeciorum") is an official Roman title recorded in the document "Notitia Dignitatum", a list of Imperial civil and military officials in the late 4th or early 5th century. There were fourteen "procuratores gynaeciorum" in various parts of the Western Roman Empire: The last in the list was stationed in Britain at a place called "Venta". This is usually taken to be Venta Belgarum (Winchester), but it has been argued that Venta Icenorum (Caistor by Norwich) is intended. In the listings of "Notitia Dignitatum" these "procuratores gynaeciorum" are
Ancaster Roman Town Ancaster Roman Town Ancaster Roman Town was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. It is sited on the Roman road known as the Ermine Street and is situated in the county of Lincolnshire. Its name in Latin is unknown, although it has traditionally been identified with "Causennis" or Causennæ, a name which occurs as a town on the route of "Iter V" recorded in the Antonine Itinerary. Rivet and Smith questioned this identification in 1979 and suggested that a more likely identification would be either the Roman settlement at Salters ford, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, or at