VERULAMIUM

a Romano-British town in the territory of the Catuvellauni, across the River Ver from St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng. Before the Roman conquest, Verulamium was the capital of Tasciovanus, prince of the Catuvellauni; under Roman rule it soon was made a municipium. Destroyed by Boudicca (Boadicea; queen of the Iceni) in AD 6061, it soon regained its prosperity. Among its ruins are the forum, a theatre associated with a temple of Romano-Celtic type, a market hall, two triumphal arches, fragments of the town wall, and many well-appointed houses with fine mosaics and wall paintings.