Leicester — Ratae Corieltauvorum in Roman times — became one of the Danish Five Boroughs. The Danes reused the Roman street grid and walls, establishing a jarl and an army garrison. The town's name shifted from the Roman to the English 'Legoraceaster' and then the Anglicised version. The Danish occupation of Leicester lasted from 874 until Aethelflaed took it in 918 without significant resistance — suggesting the Danish population had partially assimilated by then.
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