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Plan of Durovernum, from The Saxon Cathedral at Canterbury and The Saxon Saints Buried Therein

Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (Latin: oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent. It occupied a strategic location on Watling Street at the best local crossing of the Stour, which prompted a convergence of roads connected to the ports of Dubris (Dover), Rutupiae (Richborough), Regulbium (Reculver) and Portus Lemanis (Lympne). Considerable archaeological evidence of Roman activity has been found in Canterbury, much of which can now be found in the Roman Museum built on the remains of a Roman townhouse.

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Durovernum Cantiacorum

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Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (Latin: oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent. It occupied a strategic...

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Canterbury

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a million visitors per year. The Roman settlement of Durovernum Cantiacorum ("Kentish Durovernum") occupied the location of an earlier British town whose...

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Cantiaci

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area now called Kent, in south-eastern England. Their capital was Durovernum Cantiacorum, now Canterbury. They were bordered by the Regni to the west, and...

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Jutes

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must have still had a strong presence. The Roman settlement of Durovernum Cantiacorum became Canterbury. The people of Kent were described as Cantawara...

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Celtic Britons

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Calleva Atrebatum Brigantēs/Brigantī Isurium Brigantum Cantiacī Durovernum Cantiacorum Carvetīī (*Carwetīī) Luguvalium Catuvellaunī (*Catuwellaunī) Verulamium...

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AD 43

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The Romans capture a Brythonic settlement at Kent and rename it Durovernum Cantiacorum (modern Canterbury); and establish a Roman fort to guard the crossing...

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Canterbury Treasure

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found in the city of Canterbury, Kent, south-east England, ancient Durovernum Cantiacorum, in 1962, and now in the Roman Museum, Canterbury, Kent. Copies...

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List of cities founded by the Romans

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aan den Rijn Netherlands 43 AD Lauri Woerden Netherlands 43 AD Durovernum Cantiacorum Canterbury United Kingdom 43 AD Regulbium Reculver United Kingdom...

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Roman Britain

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(Segontium) C Caerwent (Venta Silurum) C Caister-on-Sea C Canterbury (Durovernum Cantiacorum) C Carlisle (Luguvalium) C Carmarthen (Moridunum) C Chelmsford (Caesaromagus)...

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History of Kent

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civitas (unit of local administration) of Roman Britain, based at Durovernum Cantiacorum (modern Canterbury). The Germanic settlers adopted the Romano-British...

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Roman cities in Britain

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Duroliponte Catuvellauni Cambridgeshire City Yes Canterbury Caer Ceint Durovernum Cantiacorum Cantiaci Kent City Yes Cardiff Caer Teim Tamium Silures Glamorgan...

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Portus Lemanis

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from Londinium (London) and 16,000 paces from the cantonal capital Durovernum Cantiacorum (the modern Canterbury). However, there is archaeological evidence...

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List of Roman place names in Britain

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AI Durolipons Cambridge AI, RC Durolitum Little London, Essex AI Durovernum Cantiacorum Canterbury AI, RC Durovigutum Godmanchester RC Eboracum York AI...

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Lullingstone Roman Villa

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which travellers could move to and from Londinium, Durobrivae, Durovernum Cantiacorum, and the major Roman port of Rutupiæ (i.e., London, Rochester, Canterbury...

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1st century in Roman Britain

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The Romans capture a Brythonic settlement at Kent and rename it Durovernum Cantiacorum (modern Canterbury); and establish a Roman fort to guard the crossing...

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List of Roman theatres

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metres (190 ft) Entry in Theatrum Database Theatre at Durovernum Cantiacorum Durovernum Cantiacorum Canterbury United Kingdom 51°16′43″N 1°04′55″E / 51...

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40s

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The Romans capture a Brythonic settlement at Kent and rename it Durovernum Cantiacorum (modern Canterbury); and establish a Roman fort to guard the crossing...

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Celtic toponymy

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Durobrivae (Latin), now Rochester, Kent and Water Newton, Cambridgeshire Durovernum Cantiacorum (Latin), now Canterbury, Kent From Celtic *iska 'water' (Irish uisce);...

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List of Latin place names in Britain

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Durnovaria Dorchester Durocobrivis Dunstable Durobrivae Rochester Durovernum Cantiacorum, Cantuaria Canterbury Eboracum York Glevum Gloucester Isca Dumnoniorum...

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Latin exonyms

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Sulis Bath English Britain Britannia Britain English Canterbury Durovernum Cantiacorum Canterbury English Carlisle Luguvalium Carlise English Chelmsford...

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Canterbury Roman Museum

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Romans captured a settlement on the River Stour and later called it Durovernum Cantiacorum, or stronghold of the Cantiaci by an Alder marsh. The new settlement...

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