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VERULAMIUM

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1051 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERULAMIUM , a Romano-See also:

British See also:town situated in the territory of the Catuvellauni, See also:close to the See also:modern St Albans (See also:Hertfordshire). Before the See also:Roman See also:conquest it was probably a native See also:capital: afterwards it received the dignity of a See also:municipium (implying municipal status and Roman citizenship). See also:Tacitus tells us that the town was burnt by See also:Boadicea in A.D. 61, but it again See also:rose to prosperity. Its site is still easily recognizable. Its walls of See also:flint See also:rubble survive in stately fragments, and en-close an See also:area of 200 acres. Of the See also:internal buildings little is known. A See also:theatre was excavated in 1847, and parts of the See also:forum were opened by Mr See also:William See also:Page in 1898; both indicate a civilized and cultivated town. The See also:complete uncovering of the site was planned in 1910. (F. J.

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