Colchester

Colchester First ‘capital’ of Roman Britain. Camulodunum was the site of the most important late Iron Age oppidum of southern Britain, seat of Cunobelinus (Cymbeline). After its surrender in AD 43 a legionary fortress was planted. A temple to the deified Claudius was under construction when the entire town was burned to the ground in the revolt of Boudicca. Town and temple were reconstructed.

A Dictionary of British History. Ed. John Cannon. Oxford University Press, 2001.