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Londinium was a settlement established on the current site of the City of London around 43 .. City of London. City of London. Its bridge over the River Thames turned the city into a road nexus and major port , serving as a major commercial centre in Roman Britain until its abandonment during the 5th century .. River Thames. River Thames. road nexus. #Roads. port. #Port. Roman Britain. Roman Britain. the 5th century. #5th century. Following its foundation in the mid-1st century , early Londinium occupied the relatively small area of 1.4 sqkm , roughly equivalent to the size of present-day Hyde Park , with a fortified garrison on one of its hills .. its foundation. #Founding. Hyde Park. Hyde Park, London. In the year 60 or 61 , the rebellion of the Iceni under Boudica forced the garrison to abandon the settlement , which was then razed .. rebellion of the Iceni. #Boudica. Boudica. Boudica. Following the Iceni 's defeat at the Battle of Watling Street , the city was rebuilt as a planned Roman town and recovered within about a decade .. Battle of Watling Street. Battle of Watling Street. planned Roman town. Roman urban planning. During the later decades of the 1st century , Londinium expanded rapidly , becoming Great Britain 's largest city .. the 1st century. #1st century. Great Britain. Great Britain. By the turn of the century , Londinium had grown to about 60,000 people , almost certainly replacing Camulodunum -LRB- Colchester -RRB- as the provincial capital and by the 2nd century , Londinium was at its height .. almost certainly. #Status. Camulodunum. Camulodunum. Colchester. Colchester. the 2nd century. #2nd century. Its forum and basilica were one of the largest structures north of the Alps , when the Emperor Hadrian visited Londinium in 122 .. Alps. Alps. Emperor Hadrian. Hadrian. Excavations have discovered evidence of a major fire that destroyed most of the city shortly thereafter , but the city was again rebuilt .. By the second half of the 2nd century , Londinium appears to have shrunk in both size and population .. the 2nd century. #2nd century. Although Londinium remained important for the rest of the Roman period , no further expansion resulted .. Londinium supported a smaller but stable settlement population as archaeologists have found that much of the city after this date was covered in dark earth - the by-product of urban household waste , manure , ceramic tile , and non-farm debris of settlement occupation , which accumulated relatively undisturbed for centuries .. dark earth. dark earth. Sometime between 190 and 225 , the Romans built a defensive wall around the landward side of the city .. Along with Hadrian 's Wall and the road network , this wall was one of the largest construction projects carried out in Roman Britain .. Roman Britain. Roman Britain. the road network. Roman roads in Britain. The London Wall survived for another 1,600 years and broadly defined the perimeter of the old City of London .. City of London. City of London. London Wall. London Wall