Dumnonia until they submitted to the See of Canterbury in the mid-9th century. Parish organisation was a later development of fully Normanised times. Around AD 55, the Romans established a legionary fortress at "Isca Dumnoniorum", modern Exeter, but west of Exeter the area remained largely un-Romanized. Most of Dumnonia is notable for its lack of a villa system, though there were substantial numbers south of Bath and around Ilchester, and for its many settlements that have survived from the Romano-British period. As in other Brythonic areas, Iron Age hillforts, such as Hembury and Cadbury Castle, were refortified in post-Roman times for
Julian (name) Julian (name) Julian is a common male given name in Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, France (as "Julien"), Italy (as "Giuliano"), Spain, Latin America (as "Julián" in Spanish and "Juliano" or "Julião" in Portuguese) and elsewhere. From the Roman name Julianus, which was derived from Julius. This was the name of the last pagan Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (4th century). It was also borne by several early saints, including the legendary Saint Julian the Hospitaller. This name has been used in England since the Middle Ages, at which time it was also a feminine name (from