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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.
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]
Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to its being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius .
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)
There are several theories about the origin of the name Colchester.Some contend that is derived from the Latin words colonia (referring to a type of Roman settlement with rights equivalent to those of Roman citizens, one of which was believed to have been founded in the vicinity of Colchester) and castra, meaning fortifications (referring to the city walls, the oldest in Britain).
The 1,900-year-old Roman ruins included several furnaces used for processing iron ore and other evidence of ancient metalworking, archaeologists said. Photos show the charred brown furnaces dug ...
The remainder of the gateway through the Roman wall of Colchester is the largest surviving gateway in Roman Britain. [17] Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle: Dover, Kent: 1st century One of the three remaining Roman lighthouses in the world, from the ancient port of Dubris. Hardknott Roman Fort: Cumbria: c. 120–138
See the ruins Workers cleaning up dirt at 800-year-old temple uncover dozens of ancient statues ‘Rare’ statue sat hidden in dried-up pond at 800-year-old temple — until now.