Archaeological site

Londinium

Londinium was the Roman name for London, and it marks the city’s first major chapter in writing. After the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, a settlement grew here beside the Thames, and by the later first century it had become one of Roman Britain’s most important towns. In AD 60 or 61, Boudicca’s revolt swept through the city and destroyed much of it, but Londinium was rebuilt quickly, with a forum, basilica, roads, bathhouses, and a bridge that made this crossing a strategic hub. By the second century, the settlement had grown into the capital of Roman Britain, protected by a city wall begun around AD 200. That wall helped define London for centuries, and sections of it shaped the later medieval city streets above you today. Roman Londinium also left traces of an amphitheatre, warehouses, and riverside quays, all evidence of a busy commercial centre where soldiers, merchants, and officials moved goods and power through the empire. …
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