Editing London (section)

===Roman London===
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Despite the evidence of scattered [[Celtic Britons|Brythonic]] settlements in the area, the first major settlement was founded by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] around 47&nbsp;AD,<ref name="auto1"/> about 4&nbsp;years after their invasion of 43&nbsp;AD.<ref name="roman">{{Cite book |title=Roman London |last=Perring |first=Dominic |year=1991 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-0-203-23133-3 |page=1}}</ref> This only lasted until about 61&nbsp;AD, when the [[Iceni]] tribe led by [[Boudica|Queen Boudica]] stormed it and burnt it to the ground.<ref name="london_010">{{Cite web |title=British History Timeline - Roman Britain |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/romanbritain_timeline_noflash.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430191143/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/romanbritain_timeline_noflash.shtml |archive-date=30 April 2011 |access-date=7 June 2008 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

The next planned incarnation of [[Londinium]] prospered, superseding [[Colchester]] as the principal city of the [[Roman province]] of [[Roman Britain|Britannia]] in 100. At its height in the 2nd century, Roman London had a population of about 60,000.<ref>{{Cite book |title=London Civic Theatre: City Drama and Pageantry from Roman Times to 1558 |first=Anne |last=Lancashire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QajvxgbH59QC&pg=PA19 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002 |page=19 |isbn=978-0-521-63278-2}}</ref>