🏛️ Alchester-Verulamium
Romano-British settlement and auxiliary fort in Oxfordshire
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- Located near Bicester in Oxfordshire, England
- Occupied from approximately AD 70 to AD 400
- Served as a military auxiliary fort and civilian settlement
- Remains largely unexcavated; protected as a scheduled monument
Alchester-Verulamium was a Romano-British auxiliary fort and settlement established during the later 1st century AD in what is now Oxfordshire. The site lies in the territory of the Catuvellauni tribe and occupied a strategic position controlling the upper reaches of the River Cherwell. Archaeological evidence indicates the settlement functioned as both a military installation and a civilian vicus (trading settlement) during its three-century occupation until the early 5th century ...