लोंडिनियम
Also known as Roman London
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, but some defend an older view that the city originated in a defensive enclosure constructed during the Claudian invasion in 43 AD. Its earliest securely-dated structure is a timber drain of 47 AD. It sat at a key ford at the River Thames which turned the city into a road nexus and major
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- Ancient site.name
- Londinium
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- Map Londinium 400 AD-en.svg
- Ancient site.caption
- A general outline of Roman London in late antiquity, with the modern banks of the Thames. Discovered roads drawn as double lines; conjectural roads, single lines.
- Ancient site.map_type
- England
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location within England
- Ancient site.location
- London, United Kingdom
- Ancient site.type
- Roman city
- Ancient site.built
- 43 – 50 AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Empire
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- Londinium Archäologische Karte.png
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17th-century archaeological discoveries1st-century establishments in Roman Britain40s establishments in the Roman EmpireArchaeological sites in LondonFormer populated places in Greater LondonHistory of the City of LondonPopulated places disestablished in the 5th centuryPopulated places established in the 1st centuryRoman auxiliary forts in EnglandRoman London