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1. Roman London: An Introduction

London History

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The History of London

The city is come to be defined by its walls and they're constructed in about 215 maybe for 30 years leading up to that approximate date. Before then it's largely a question of trying to work out where the boundaries were as the settlement expanded. The Roman historian Tacitus describes London as being full of merchants and soldiers.

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