🏛️ Danum-Lincoln
Roman fort and settlement in the East Midlands
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- Established circa 70 CE as a Roman military fortress
- Occupied for approximately 350 years during the Roman period
- One of only four colonia cities established in Roman Britain
Danum-Lincoln was a major Roman fort and later civilian settlement established in the 1st century CE in what is now Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The site served as a strategic military stronghold controlling the convergence of the River Witham and the Fosse Way, one of the principal Roman roads in Britain. After its military phase, Lincoln evolved into one of the four chartered colonia cities of Roman Britain, indicating its elevated status and importance to the empire ...