Historical place archive

Colchester in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Colchester in Roman Empire. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records7 event labels4 people43–120

Historical events in Colchester

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Invasion of Great Britain
Claudius I · Roman Empire-Britain War

Presides over a ceremony in Colchester to celebrate the capture of South East Britain. England becomes the Roman province Britannia, its capital at Camulodunum (Colchester)

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Rule of Great Britain
Claudius I · Roman Empire-Britain War

Presides over a ceremony in Colchester to celebrate the capture of South East Britain. England becomes the Roman province Britannia, its capital at Camulodunum (Colchester)

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49
Reballion of Rebels in Colchester
Aulus Plautius · Military

Founds Colchester, the 1st city in Britain

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51
Capital
Aulus Plautius · Military

Establishes Colchester as the Roman capital in Britain

51
Reballion of Victory over the
Aulus Plautius · Military

Victory over the rebellion is won at Colchester

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61
Siege of Colchester
Quintus Cerialis · Roman Empire-Britain War

Cerialis legion is massacred on its way to raise the siege of Colchester

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120
Roman Roads
Publius Aelius Hadrian · House of 5 Good Emperors

A network of roads in Britain is started at Colchester

Provenance

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