Viroconium or
Uriconium, formally
Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a
Roman town, one corner of which is now occupied by
Wroxeter, a small village in
Shropshire, England, about east-south-east of
Shrewsbury. At its peak, Viroconium is estimated to have been the 4th-largest
Roman settlement in
Britain, a
civitas with a population of more than . The settlement probably lasted until the end of the 7th century or the beginning of the 8th. Extensive remains can still be seen.