VERULAMIUM  , a Romano-

British town situated in the territory of the Catuvellauni, close to the modern St Albans (Hertfordshire) . Before the Roman conquest it was probably a native capital: afterwards it received the dignity of a municipium (implying municipal status and Roman citizenship) . Tacitus tells us that the town was burnt by Boadicea in A.D . 61, but it again rose to prosperity . Its site is still easily recognizable . Its walls of flint rubble survive in stately fragments, and en-close an area of 200 acres . Of the internal buildings little is known . A theatre was excavated in 1847, and parts of the forum were opened by Mr William Page in 1898; both indicate a civilized and cultivated town . The complete uncovering of the site was planned in 1910 . (F . J .