Calcaria

CALCA´RIA a place in southern Gallia, on the road from Marseille to Fossae Marianae or Foz-les-Martigutes, 14 M. P. from Massilia, and 34 from Fossae Marianae. This road must have run from Marseille round the Etang de Berre, and the distances lead us to place Calcaria at the ford of the Cadière, 14 M. P. from Marseille.

CALCA´RIA in Britain, distant, in the second Itinerary, 9 miles from Eburacum (York). The termination -caster, the presence of Roman remains, and the geological condition of the country, all point to the present town of Tadcaster, as the modern equivalent. So does the distance. Newton Kyme, a little higher up the river, has by some writers been preferred: the general opinion, however, favours Tadcaster.