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| | London, England |
 | | This is where London began as a Roman colonial town around AD 50, at the point where the Romans built the first bridge in London. |
 | | Known as Londinium, the town was located at the northern end of the bridge the Romans had built across the Thames, on a route to their provincial capital at Colchester in eastern England. |
 | | Other elements of the urban fabric were a forum, a temple complex, a governor's palace, a wharf along the river for landing, a large fort (portions of which can still be seen at the Barbican Centre), and a great wall, built about AD 200, which roughly enclosed the area that later became the City. |
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