🏛️ Londinium-Calleva
Romano-British settlement remains in Greater London
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in modern-day London, England, at coordinates 51.492485, -0.268786
- Roman settlement established circa AD 47–50 following the Claudian invasion
- Served as a major trading hub and administrative centre during the Roman occupation
- Largely buried beneath contemporary urban development with limited visible remains
Londinium was the principal Roman settlement in Britain, established shortly after the Emperor Claudius's invasion in AD 43. The site lay at a strategic point on the River Thames, where a ford allowed crossing and where tidal waters permitted access to larger vessels. Over nearly four centuries of Roman rule, it evolved into the province's most significant commercial and administrative centre, rivalling provincial capitals elsewhere in the Empire ...