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York is a city in Yorkshire?, in the north of England. The city was known as Eboracum to the Romans, and was a major military base for them. The emperor Septimius Severus died in York in A.D. 211?, and [Constantius Chlorus]?, the father of Constantine I, died there in 306?.

The city's history includes occupation by the Vikings, who called the city 'Jorvik'.

York has a major medieval cathedral, known as the Minster (see also Westminster?.


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