Durovernum Cantiacorum, modern Canterbury, was the site of a pre-Roman oppidum and, then, post A.D. 43 of a Roman fort.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Durovernum Cantiacorum, modern Canterbury, was the site of a pre-Roman oppidum and, then, post A.D. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a settlement site from the Roman period in Britain.
*Durovernum is classified as a Roman settlement — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
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