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Camulodunum

Roman castrum where Colchester, England now stands
Place Castrum Q630604

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
castrum, archaeological site, ancient Roman structure[5][6]
Native label
Camulodunum[13]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.892°, 0.898°, 🗺️ 51.890°, 0.901°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Colchester, Roman Britain[2][3]
More facts +6
Followed by
Colchester[7]
Capital of
Roman Britain[12]
Culture
Ancient Rome[14]
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa, Realʹnyj slovarʹ klassičeskih drevnostej po Lûbkeru, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9][10][11]
Historic county
Essex[15]
Participated in conflict
Siege of Camulodunum[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Camulodunum en Mint of Camulodunum el Καμουλόδουνον he קאמולודונום ja カムロドゥヌム ja カムロドゥムナム pt Camuloduno ru Камулодун zh 卡姆洛杜努姆 zh 卡姆罗多努 zh 卡姆羅多努 zh 殖民地 (羅馬) zh 科洛尼亞·卡姆洛多亞 zh 科洛尼亞·維克特倫西斯 zh 科洛尼·卡姆洛多
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Roman Town Wall, Head Street to the Balkerne Gate 3.JPG ↗
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
20678
Freebase ID
/m/025s0sq
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/c63aeab7-eb1d-465e-9f54-56f693fa753c
Nomisma ID
camulodunum
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
1331
Pleiades ID
79393
ToposText place ID
519009UCol
Trismegistos Geo ID
14577

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa
Instance of 2
archaeological site, castrum
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Colchester, Roman Britain
Capital of 1
Roman Britain
Country 1
United Kingdom
Culture 1
Ancient Rome
Followed by 1
Colchester
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Colchester
← Capital 1
Roman Britain
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Summary

Camulodunum is a castrum[1].

Related Entities

Colchester United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Nomisma. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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