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CAMULODUNUM , also written CAMALODVNUM (mod . See also:Colchester, q.v.), a See also:British and See also:Roman See also:town . It was the See also:capital of the British See also:chief Cunobelin and is named on his coins: after his See also:death and the Roman See also:conquest of See also:south See also:Britain, the See also:Romans' established (about A.D . 48) a colonic or See also:municipality peopled with discharged legionaries, and intended to serve both as an informal See also:garrison and as a centre of Roman See also:civilization . It was stormed and burnt A.D . 61 in the rising of See also:Boadicea (q.v.), but soon recovered and became one of the chief towns in Roman Britain . Its walls and some other buildings still stand and 'abundant Roman remains enrich the See also:local museum . The name denotes " the fortress of Camulos," the See also:Celtic See also:Mars . |
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