The_Roman_Empire

The Roman Empire The Roman Empire was expanding and it was now time (43AD) for Aulus Plautius, the commander of the Roman troops to acquire lands in Britain. This newly obtained settlement was known as Londinium (London) and became a central point for trading. This area was precisely selected for its land and position on the Thames River. This fast moving tidal river allowed merchants to come and go with different goods from around the area and it also supplied resistance for water going attackers. Londinium was growing and this threatened its neighbouring communities, one of which was the Norfolk Kingdom. Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni tribe in Norfolk led a disastrous attack on Londinium and burnt it to the ground in 60AD. The Romans had a choice now both to cut their losses and move on or rebuild this prime piece of land the latter of the two was selected. The city was quickly restored and continued to grow in size over the next century, this displayed the mushroom effect for trade in Britain. Londinium, after reconstruction had an extremely large basilica (town hall), a governor\'s palace, a temple, bathhouses, and a large fort A.K.A garrison wall, london, today, romans, standing, around, time, roman, londinium, known, day, area, size, selected, river, provided, power, one, now, norfolk, modern, large, land, holes, history, first, feet, extremely, certain, build, britain, attackers, anyone, allowed