Camulodunum
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Camulodunum, the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important castrum and city in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province. A temporary "strapline" in the 1960s
Colchester's Roman town walls, with distinctive bands of Roman red bricks
Coin of the Catuvellauni king Cunobelinus minted at Camulodunon
Bronze coin of Cunobelin – note the letters CAMV for Camulodunon at left, an indication of literacy
The Emperor Claudius personally oversaw the Roman attack on Camulodunon. The town was renamed Colonia Victricensis in honour of his triumph, and a Temple was built there to worship him. Its foundation vaults still survive beneath Colchester Castle.
Roman Britain
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Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. The occupation lasted from 4
Camulodunum
…Camulodunum ( KAM-(y)uu-loh-DEW-nəm; Latin: camvlodvnvm), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important castrum and city in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province. A temporary "strapline" in the 1960s identifying it as the "oldest recorded town in Britain" has become popular…
Conquests under Aulus Plautius, focused on the commercially valuable southeast of Britain
Roman campaigns 43–60 AD
Agricola's campaigns 80-84 AD
In 84 AD