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1st-century establishments in Roman Britain

  • ManchesterIn 79 AD, Roman general Agricola ordered the construction of a fort named Mamucium on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell.
  • Roman BritainIn 55 BC, Julius Caesar landed on the coast of Kent with two legions and a small cavalry force. He intended to conquer Britain as part of his Gallic Wars but…
  • YorkIn AD 71, the Ninth Legion conquered the Brigantes and constructed a wooden military fortress on flat ground above the River Ouse.
  • LondiniumA timber drain discovered at Number 1 Poultry dates to the year 47 AD, marking the earliest securely-dated structure in what would become Londinium.
  • LondonIn 1993, archaeologists uncovered the remains of a Bronze Age bridge on the south River Thames foreshore, upstream from Vauxhall Bridge.