Roman+Cities

Christian O'connor and Nick Moulton

Londinium

In 43AD, the Romans built a fort called Londinium. This fort was

built where London stands today, on the North bank of the river

Thames (Thamesis). Londinium was located about 40 miles from

the Thames estuary on the North Sea. The original size of the city

Londinium was aproximitly 30 acres. It was located between two

hills called Ludgate and Cornhill. There were two buildings of

Londinium, the second one increased the size too 62 acres. After

the second building the city slowly grew bigger in size and the city

became one of the bigger cities in ancient Rome. The city ended

up containing over 15,000 people and covering more than 300 acres.

Colchester

Londinium wasn't the capital of England after it was built, the bigest

Roman city at the time was Colchester (Camulodunium). Colchester

is the oldest recorded town in Britain. It is known to behold the

oldest market in the United Kingdom. Colchester is located about

60 miles northeast of London. In the town of Colchester there are

walls that were built by the Romans. These walls surround the town

and stretch about 3,000 yd.