🏛️ Lactodorum-Verulamium
Romano-British settlement and city ruins near St Albans, Hertfordshire
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Occupied from approximately 1st to 5th century CE
- Named after the Roman road station (Lactodorum) and the larger city (Verulamium)
- Partially excavated; remains accessible through nearby museum and heritage site
Lactodorum-Verulamium represents a significant Romano-British settlement that developed along Watling Street, one of the principal Roman roads in Britain. The site encompasses both a small road station (Lactodorum) and the broader urban centre (Verulamium), which served as the third-largest city in Roman Britain. Archaeological evidence indicates continuous settlement from the Iron Age through the Roman occupation and into the post-Roman period ...