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Corinium Dobunnorum

Corinium Dobunnorum was the Roman town at Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England. It grew beside a fort built soon after the conquest of 43 CE and became the civitas capital of the Dobunni, with a forum, basilica and amphitheatre. By area it was the second-largest town of Roman Britain after Londinium, and it may have been the capital of the province of Britannia Prima in the 4th century.

Corinium Dobunnorum
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Corinium Dobunnorum. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/corinium-dobunnorum
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