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Camulodunum (/ ˌ k æ m (j) ʊ l oʊ ˈ dj uː n ə m / KAM-(y)uu-loh-DEW-nəm; [1] Latin: CAMVLODVNVM), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important [2] [3] castrum and city in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province.
Colchester is home to two of the five Roman theatres found in Britain; the example at Gosbecks (site of the Iron Age royal farmstead) is the largest in Britain, able to seat 5,000. [13] Camulodunum served as a provincial Roman capital of Britain, but was attacked and destroyed during Boudica's rebellion in AD 61. [28]
Their day is, however, the Marching Watches. On the Saturday closest to the Vigil of St. John The Baptist, the watch "walk the walls" completing a circuit of Colchester's town wall (the oldest in Britain, with parts dating back to Roman times), a "beating the bounds" type ceremony, establishing the territory they protect. A distance of some 3 ...
Today, it forms the base of the Norman Colchester Castle. [1] [4] It is one of at least eight Roman-era pagan temples in Colchester, [5] and was the largest temple of its kind in Roman Britain; [1] [4] its current remains potentially represent the earliest existing Roman stonework in the country. [4]
Camulodunum (Roman Colchester). Oldest Roman wall in Britain, best-preserved Roman gateway in Britain, remains of two Roman theatres, oldest Roman church in UK and Castle museum; Great Dunmow; Heybridge, Maldon (Anglo-Saxon: Tidwalditun) Othona (Roman Bradwell-on-Sea)
Roman Britain, with the Via Devana highlighted in red. Via Devana is the name given to a Roman Road in England that ran from Colchester in the south-east, through Cambridge in the interior, and on to Chester in the north-west. These were important Roman military centres and it is conjectured that the main reason the road was constructed was ...
New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic archaeological finds - a Roman gladiator helmet, discovered buried in a field in East Anglia.. The artefact ...
The Balkerne Gate, Colchester, with man in for scale. Balkerne Gate is a Roman gateway in Colchester (the former Camulodunum). It is the largest surviving gateway in Roman Britain [1] and was built where the Roman road from Londinium intersected the town wall of Camulodunum. [2] It is a scheduled monument [3] and a Grade I listed building. [1]