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Londinium, also known as Roman London, was the capital of Roman Britain during most of the period of Roman rule. Most twenty-first century historians think that it was originally a settlement established shortly after the Claudian invasion of Britain, on the current site of the City of London around 47–50 AD, [4] [5] [3] but some defend an older view that the city originated in a defensive ...
Londinium in the year 400 showing the Roman wall. The London Wall is a defensive wall first built by the Romans around the strategically important port town of Londinium in c. AD 200, [2] as well as the name of a modern street in the City of London, England.
At least 26 of the current 63 cities in England and Wales were fortified civitates during the Roman era, the most famous being Camulodunum, modern day Colchester, the first capital of the Roman province of Britannia, and Londinium, modern day London, the later capital of the province and current capital of both England and the United Kingdom today.
Many of Britain's major cities, such as London , Manchester and York , were founded by the Romans, but the original Roman settlements were abandoned not long after the Romans left. Unlike many other areas of the Western Roman Empire , the current majority language is not a Romance language , or a language descended from the pre-Roman inhabitants.
Main Roman cities and roads in Roman Britain, according to the "Antonine Itinerary"There are many Roman sites in Great Britain that are open to the public. There are also many sites that do not require special access, including Roman roads, and sites that have not been uncovered.
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans.. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions.
The Bloomberg site consists of three acres in what was the Roman city of Londinium.The archaeological site had previously yielded a 3rd-century Temple of Mithras, which was partially excavated in the 1950s, but this effort was incomplete, and Bucklersbury House, a 14-storey modernist office block, was built atop the site in 1953.
Pages in category "Roman London" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amphitheatre (London) B.