Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year dab 60 Year nav 60 M1 year in topic File Europa60AD.jpeg thumb The Roman Empire in 60 NOTOC Year 60 Roman numerals LX was a leap year starting on Tuesday link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Domitius Afer Afer or, less frequently, year 813 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 60 for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Roman Empire Romans build the first London Bridge . Prasutagus , king of the Iceni , made a will law will and left his kingdom to his two daughters and emperor Nero . The Icenian chiefs are deprived of their hereditary estates, the Roman army annexed East Anglia . Boudica , widow of Prasutagus, is flogged and then forced to witness the public rape of her daughters. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus , governor of Britannia , leads a campaign on the island of Mona Isle of Anglesey Anglesey . Boudica joins the Britons historical British Celtic tribes in revolt, along with the Cornovii Midlands Cornovii , Durotriges and Trinovantes . The rebels defeat Legio IX Hispana and destroyed the capital Camulodunum modern Colchester . Boudica sacks Londinium History of London London and Verulamium St Albans . Thousands of civilians are killed. Nero send an expedition to explore the historical city Mero Sudan . The Rhoxolani are defeated on the Danube by the Roman Empire Romans . Vitellius is possibly proconsul of Africa . Herod Agrippa II rules the northeast of Judea . By topic Religion The First Epistle of Peter , if by Saint Peter , is probably written between this year and c. 64 . Paul of Tarsus journeys to Ancient Rome Rome , but is shipwrecked at Malta . He stays for three months and converts Saint Publius Publius , the first Bishop of Malta. Art and science Hero of Alexandria writes Metrica , Mechanics ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 infobox UK place static image File Upthorpe Mill, Stanton.jpg 250px static image caption Upthorpe Mill, Stanton Upthorpe Mill country England latitude 52.324 longitude 0.885 official name Stanton population 2,683 population ref 2001 census ref name stanton cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Stanton work publisher date url http www.onesuffolk.co.uk stanton format doi accessdate 16 Jan 2009 ref shire district St Edmundsbury borough St Edmundsbury shire county Suffolk region East of England constituency westminster post town BURY ST. EDMUNDS postcode district IP31 postcode area IP dial code os grid reference TL967734 Stanton is village situated in north Suffolk , about nine miles north east of Bury St. Edmunds , on the A143 road to Diss . Close to the village lies the former WW II airfield RAF Shepherds Grove , where American forces were based. One of the main landmarks in the village is the fine restored windmill at Upthorpe Farm, to the east of the village. The name Stanton means a homestead on stony ground ref name stanton . History It s believed the site of the village has been continuously occupied since Roman times Citation needed date August 2009 Stanton dates back to Ancient Rome Roman times, sited at the junction of Peddars Way and the Roman road believed to run between Camulodunum Colchester and Bildeston . The site of a Roman Villa known as Stanton Chare is at the junction of the two ancient routes. ref name stanton The Manor of Stanton was held for many years by Bury St. Edmunds Abbey Abbots of Bury St Edmunds , and subsequently by the Capel Lofft family. ref name stanton The present parish was formed from two earlier parishes, Stanton All Saints and Stanton St John. The former St John the Baptist s Church, Stanton St John s Church , on a prominent hill outside the village, was abandoned and services continued at All Saints in the village centre. Upthorpe Mill Main Upthorpe Mill, Stanton Upthorpe Mill was built in 17 ... more details
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Camulodunum Soon after the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43, a Roman legionary fortress was established ... had moved to the west c.AD 49 , Camulodunum became a Colonia Roman colonia named in a second century ... Temple to the Divine Claudius . ref Nelson, ed. V.C.H. Essex , IX, p. 10 ref Camulodunum served ... was probably a reference to Camulodunum , the capital of Britannia in Roman times. ref J. Morris, The Age ... Homes Community Stadium brand new stadium at Cuckoo Farm in 2008. Colchester, Camulodunum ... Tacitus mentions Colchester Camulodunum in The Annals of Imperial Rome . In Book XIV he describes how ...the Roman ex soldiers...had recently established a settlement at Camulodunum , later burned down ... ancient name of Camulodunum . The first part of Daniel Defoe s Moll Flanders was set in Colchester ... Asterix in Britain the Camulodunum rugby team wins a game against Durovernum Roman name for Canterbury ... he sw Colchester la Camulodunum lt Kol esteris nl Colchester Essex ja no Colchester ... more details
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File Britain roman.png thumb right 450px Roman Britain. Map from 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain . This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of Latin place names in Britain . The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and misspellings of the Latin names. Moreover one of the principal authorities, Ptolemy , wrote in Greek language Greek so names that he records need to be transliteration transliterated back into Latin to reveal the original form. small Note that in general only one source is shown below for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources. small Country names class wikitable Roman name Modern name Sources Source Albion Great Britain Ptolemy Britannia Great Britain Tacitus Caledonia Roman Caledonia Scotland Tacitus Hibernia Ireland City Town names class wikitable Roman name Modern name Sources Source Staines Ad Pontes Staines Anavio Brough on Noe , Hope Valley, Derbyshire Hope Valley , Derbyshire See also Navio Aquae Arnemetiae Buxton , Derbyshire Aquae Sulis Bath, Somerset Bath Ardotalia Gamesley , Glossop , Derbyshire Bannaventa Norton, Northamptonshire Norton , near Daventry , Northamptonshire Chelmsford Caesaromagus Chelmsford , Essex AI Calcaria Tadcaster , North Yorkshire AI Calleva Atrebatum Silchester AI Camulodunum Colchester, England Colchester Ravenna Cramond Roman Fort Caromago Cramond , Edinburgh Ravenna Clausentum Bitterne , Hampshire Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort Clotagenium Old Kilpatrick , Glasgow Ravenna Concangis Chester le Street , County Durham Northwich Condate Northwich , Cheshire AI Corinium Dobunnorum Cirencester Coria Corbridge Coria Corbridge Curia Traprain Law Ptolemy Doncaster Roman heritage Danum Doncaster Deva Victrix Deva Chester, England Chester Dubris Dover, England Dover AI Durnovaria Dorchester, Dorset Dorchester Durocobrivis Dunstable, Eng ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year dab 43 Year nav 43 M1 year in topic NOTOC Year 43 Roman numerals XLIII was a common year starting on Tuesday link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vitellius or, less frequently, year 796 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 43 for this year has been used since the early medieval period , when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Britain The Roman conquest of Britain begins. Aulus Plautius lands with four Roman legion legions 20,000 men and the same number of auxiliaries Roman military auxiliaries at Rutupiae modern Richborough , on the east coast of Kent and defeats the Britons historical Britons , led by Caratacus and Togodumnus , in battles on the rivers Battle of the Medway Medway and Thames . He halts at the Thames and sends for Roman emperor emperor Claudius , who leads the march on Camulodunum . Eleven British kings, probably including those of the Iceni and Brigantes , submit without a fight. Meanwhile, the Roman emperor future emperor Vespasian begins to subdue the south west. The Romans begin to construct forts, such as at Peterborough , and a road that later becomes Ermine Street . The Roman Empire Romans capture a Britons historical Brythonic settlement at Kent, and rename it Durovernum Cantiacorum modern Canterbury . They establish a Castra Roman fort to guard the crossing of the River Stour, Kent River Stour . Roman Empire Consul s are the Roman emperor emperor Claudius his second consulship as emperor, third in total and Lucius Vitellius . Claudius annexes Lycia in Asia Minor , combining it with Pamphylia as a Roman province . The Romans now have complete control of the Mediterranean . Asia Warfare begins between the northern and southern Huns . The warrior Trung Sisters commit suicide after their resistance is defeated at Nam Viet in Vietnam . Vietna ... more details
refimprove date September 2009 Infobox UK place country England official name Godmanchester latitude 52.3176 longitude 0.1725 civil parish Godmanchester population 5,500 population ref United Kingdom Census 2001 2001 shire district Huntingdonshire shire county Cambridgeshire region East of England constituency westminster Huntingdon UK Parliament constituency Huntingdon post town HUNTINGDON postcode district PE29 postcode area PE dial code 01480 os grid reference TL245704 static image Image Godmanchester Post Street.jpg 240px static image caption small Post Street in Godmanchester small london distance for the town in Canada Godmanchester, Quebec Godmanchester is a small town and Civil parishes in England civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire , in England. It lies on the south bank of the River Great Ouse , south of the larger town of Huntingdon , and on the A14 road Great Britain A14 road . The town was on the site of the Roman town of Durovigutum . ref cite book last1 Rivet first1 A.L.F. last2 Smith first2 Colin title The Place Names of Roman Britain year 1979 location London page 354 pages ref It was first town charter chartered by John of England King John in 1212, though it had been a market town and royal manor for some years. There is archaeological evidence of Celt ic and earlier habitation prior to the establishment of a key Roman Britain Roman town and a Mansio inn , so the area has probably been continuously occupied for more than 2000 years. The settlement was at a crossroads of Roman road s, with Ermine Street , the Via Devana from Cambridge , between Camulodunum Colchester and Chester and a military road from Sandy, Bedfordshire , all passing through. The Roman settlement was sacked by Anglo Saxons in the third century. In contrast to Huntingdon , there have been vast amounts of archaeological finds in the centre of Godmanchester, which has two http www.godmanchester.net history conservation.htm conservation areas with a la ... more details
Quintus Petilius Cerialis Caesius Rufus born ca. 30 was a Ancient Rome Roman general and administrator who served in Britain during Boudica s rebellion and who went on to participate in the civil wars after the death of Nero . He later defeated the rebellion of Julius Civilis and returned to Britain as its governor. His name suggests that he was an Adoption in Rome adopted son of a Caesius family into the Petilii. His elder brother may have been Caesius Nasica . Boudican rebellion His first important assignment was as legate of the Roman legion Legio IX Hispana IX Hispana Ninth Hispanic Legion in the Roman province of Roman Britain Britannia , under governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus . He took part in the defeat of the 60 61 rebellion led by Queen Boudica of the Iceni , although he suffered a serious defeat when attempting to relieve the city of Camulodunum Colchester , which was destroyed by the Britons. His force, the Ninth Legion, was nearly annihilated in the Massacre of the Ninth Legion . Only the cavalry, including Cerialis, managed to escape. ref Tacitus , Annals Tacitus Annals http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Tac. Ann. 14.32 14.32 Histories Tacitus Histories ref The survivors joined Suetonius Paulinus, participating in his final victory. Civil war As a relative of Vespasian , Cerialis was made a hostage by Vitellius in 69, during the civil wars of the Year of Four Emperors . Cerialis managed to escape disguised as a peasant and joined the Flavian army. He was one of the cavalry leaders that conquered Rome for the approaching Vespasian. ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Tac. Hist. 3.59 Tacitus 3.59 ref His role was to enter Rome via Sabian territory along the Via Salaria. ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Tac. Hist. 3.78 Tacitus 3.78 79 ref This success and his brother in law s trust gave him the command of Legio XIV Gemina XIV Gemina , then stationed in the difficult province of Germania Inferior . Again, Cer ... more details
colonia of Camulodunum Colchester was destroyed, its inhabitants tortured, raped, and slaughtered, and Petillius ... suffering the same fate as those of Camulodunum, and then did the same to Verulamium St Albans ... more details
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File Iter.Britanniarum.jpg thumb right 350px Main Roman cities and roads in Roman Britain, according to the Antonine Itinerary There are many Roman Empire Roman sites in the United Kingdom that are open to the public. There are many sites that do not require special access, including Roman roads in Britain Roman roads , and sites that have not been uncovered. England Galava Ambleside Roman Fort Galava , Cumbria Aesica , Roman fort, north of Haltwhistle , Northumberland Agricola s Ditch , The Vallum Hadrian s Wall Vallum on Hadrian s Wall was mistakenly attributed to Gnaeus Julius Agricola Agricola before the late 19th century Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields Ardotalia Melandra Castle , Derbyshire Aquae Sulis Roman Bath, Somerset Stantonbury Bancroft Bancroft Park , Milton Keynes. Romano British villa Bignor Roman Villa , Pulborough, Sussex Banna Birdoswald Birdoswald Roman Fort Banna , Cumbria . Part of Hadrian s Wall Binchester Roman Fort , called Vinovia by the Romans , Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland , County Durham Borough Hill roman villa , Daventry , Northamptonshire Bourne Morton Canal visible only as alignment and crop marks Brading Roman Villa , Brading, Isle of Wight Bremenium , High Rochester, Northumberland Brough on Noe , Derbyshire Burgh Castle Roman Site Burgh Castle , Suffolk Burrington, Somerset Burrington , Somerset Caister Roman Site Caister on Sea , Norfolk Caistor St. Edmund , Norfolk Calleva Atrebatum , Hampshire 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 Carlisle Roman Dig , Carlisle Castle, Cumbria Carrawburgh , Mithraeum temple by Hadrian s Wall , Northumberland Charterhouse Roman Town and Mining Settlement, Somerset Chedworth Roman Villa , near Cheltenham , Gloucestershire Chester Roman Amphitheatre , Cheshire Chesters Bridge , Roman bridge by Chesters Roman Fort Cilurnum , Northumberland Chew Green , Rom ... more details
for the fictional Old Ford in Middle earth Old Ford Middle earth infobox UK place country England map type Greater London latitude 51.53391 longitude 0.03341 region London population official name Old Ford constituency westminster Bethnal Green and Bow UK Parliament constituency Bethnal Green and Bow post town LONDON postcode area E postcode district E3 london borough Tower Hamlets dial code 020 os grid reference TQ365835 Old Ford is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets adjoining the north part of Bow, London Bow in east London. History Administration and boundaries Historically, Old Ford was a cluster of houses and a mill, around the location of the ford. It formed a part of the medieval parish of Stepney parish Stepney . It expanded rapidly in the Victorian era and was designated an independent Anglican parish in the mid Victorian period, although civil administration has always been associated with Bow, London Bow . Old Ford Old Ford, as the name suggests, was the ancient most downstream crossing point of the River Lea . This was part of a pre Roman era Roman route that followed the modern Oxford Street , Old Street , through Bethnal Green to Old Ford and thence across a causeway through the marshes known as Wanstead Slip actually in Leyton . The route then continued through Essex to Colchester . At this time the Lea was a wide fast flowing river and the tidal estuary stretched as far as Hackney Wick . ref cite http www.british history.ac.uk report.asp?compid 22742 Bethnal Green Communications , A History of the County of Middlesex Volume 11 Stepney, Bethnal Green 1998 , pp. 88 90 accessed 15 November 2006 cite ref Colchester ref Celtic Camulodunon, Roman Camulodunum derived from Camulus , a Celtic God of War ref was where the Romans set up their initial capital for their occupation, and the road was upgraded to run from the area of London Bridge as one of the first paved Roman roads in Roman Britain Britain . Evidence has been found of a late Roman Bri ... more details
infobox UK place country England official name South Benfleet latitude 51.5455 longitude 0.5686 shire district Castle Point shire county Essex region East of England post town BENFLEET postcode district SS7 postcode area SS dial code 01268 os grid reference TQ782860 constituency westminster Castle Point UK Parliament constituency Castle Point static image Image StMary sChurchBenfleet SouthEast.JPG 250px static image caption small Saint Mary s Parish Church small South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex , 30 miles east of London. The Benfleet post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley and Hadleigh, Essex Hadleigh . The Battle of Benfleet took place here between the Vikings and Saxons in 894. ref cite web url http books.google.co.uk books?id fD217KtgfF8C&pg PA89&dq Battle of Benfleet&as brr 3&client firefox a&cd 3 v onepage&q Battle 20of 20Benfleet&f false title Exploring the Islands of England and ... Google Books publisher books.google.co.uk accessdate 2010 04 02 ref The town is north of Canvey Island and is served by Benfleet railway station . It is home to the South Benfleet Primary School, which was used temporarily to house local residents during the widespread North Sea flood of 1953 North Sea flood in the United Kingdom flooding of 1953 . History In Ancient Rome Roman times the reclaimed area which is now Canvey Island was joined to the mainland by a road providing access from Benfleet to Camulodunum Colchester and Londinium London . The A130 road from Sadlers Farm roundabout to Canvey Island follows the route of the original Roman road. Its construction in 1971 brought to light a number of artifacts dating back to the early settlements in the area. The name of the town originates from the time of the Saxons Saxon settlers in the 5th Century, when the area was largely marshland. They named the area Beamfleote , meaning tree stream , being the area where the Creek tidal creeks from the River Thames adjoined the wooded area to the north ... more details
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