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Roman sites in Great Britain

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Main Roman cities and roads in Roman Britain, according to the "Antonine Itinerary"

There are many Roman sites in Great Britain that are open to the public. There are also many sites that do not require special access, including Roman roads, and sites that have not been uncovered.

England

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  • Belgic oppidum (Roman Braintree)
  • Caesaromagus (Roman Chelmsford). A Roman fort was built in AD 60, and a civilian town grew up around it. The town was given the name of Caesaromagus (the market place of Caesar), although the reason for it being given the great honour of bearing the Imperial prefix is now unclear – possibly as a failed 'planned town' provincial capital to replace Londinium or Camulodunum.
  • Camulodunum (Roman Colchester). Oldest Roman wall in Britain, best-preserved Roman gateway in Britain, remains of two Roman theatres, oldest Roman church in UK and Castle museum
  • Great Dunmow
  • Heybridge, Maldon (Anglo-Saxon: Tidwalditun)
  • Othona (Roman Bradwell-on-Sea)
A reconstruction of Templeborough Roman Fort which covered an area of 2.2 hectares (5.5 acres) when it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century.[1]

See East Sussex, West Sussex

Scotland

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Inveresk Mithreum, by Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/mithras-in-scotland-a-mithraeum-at-inveresk-east-lothian/544B6233F7F06415EE049C60A827C3C0

Wales

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Templeborough Roman Fort (316617)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 20 June 2015.