🏛️ Verulamium
Roman settlement and archaeological site near St Albans, Hertfordshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Located 2 km south of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Founded as a Catuvellauni settlement, became major Roman city (c. AD 50–410)
- Third-largest city in Roman Britain after London and York
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (nominated as part of Frontiers of the Roman Empire)
Verulamium was one of the most significant urban centres in Roman Britain, established initially as a client settlement before becoming a chartered city (municipium) around AD 79. The site encompasses ruins of defensive walls, a theatre, forum, shops, and residential buildings spread across the flood plain of the River Ver. Today it forms part of the St Albans Heritage Conservation Area and exists in conjunction with the adjacent medieval St Albans Cathedral and Abbey, which occupies land once ...