🏛️ Londinium-Calleva
Roman settlement remains in central London
📌 Fast Facts
- Founded circa 47–50 CE as a Roman trading post
- Located beneath modern London's City of London district
- Remains accessible through limited archaeological sites and museums
- Key artifacts held by the Museum of London
Londinium was the principal Roman settlement in Britain, established in the mid-1st century CE on the Thames estuary. The site represents one of the most significant urban centers of Roman Britain, though its physical remains lie largely beneath modern London's streets. Archaeological investigation over the past two centuries has revealed substantial evidence of a thriving port city with timber and stone buildings, roads, and defensive structures ...