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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 140 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAMULODUNUM , also written CAMALODVNUM (mod. See also:

Colchester, q.v.), a See also:British and See also:Roman See also:town. It was the See also:capital of the British See also:chief Cunobelin and is named on his coins: after his See also:death and the Roman See also:conquest of See also:south See also:Britain, the See also:Romans' established (about A.D. 48) a colonic or See also:municipality peopled with discharged legionaries, and intended to serve both as an informal See also:garrison and as a centre of Roman See also:civilization. It was stormed and burnt A.D. 61 in the rising of See also:Boadicea (q.v.), but soon recovered and became one of the chief towns in Roman Britain. Its walls and some other buildings still stand and 'abundant Roman remains enrich the See also:local museum. The name denotes " the fortress of Camulos," the See also:Celtic See also:Mars.

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