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Surviving bastion from London Wall in the Barbican Estate, with Roman masonry at the base (c.2nd-century) and latter medieval additions above (c.13th-century).. Londinium was initially founded as a military trading port, while the first capital of the province was at Camulodunum.
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.
Guildhall crypt. During the Roman period, the Guildhall was the site of the London Roman Amphitheatre, rediscovered as recently as 1988.It was the largest in Roman Britain, partial remains of which are on public display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery, and the outline of whose arena is marked with a black circle on the paving of the courtyard in front of the hall.
Vindolanda, a fort on the Stanegate Roman road pre-dating Hadrian's Wall nearby, with exceptional Roman finds in its museum; Vindobala, Roman fort at Rudchester; Whitley Castle, also known as Epiacum, a Roman fort at the southern edge of Northumberland on the Maiden Way Roman road, with remarkable earthen ramparts
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open ...
A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed in south-east London in a “remarkable” archaeological discovery.. The 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling Street ...
The architecture of England is the architecture of modern England and in the historic Kingdom of England. It often includes buildings created under English influence or by English architects in other parts of the world, particularly in the English and later British colonies and Empire , which developed into the Commonwealth of Nations .