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Durobrivae (Rochester) Kent, England.
A Belgic settlement on the river Medway 38 km from London (Londinium) and 37 from
Canterbury (Durovernum). It was important enough to have a mint in the period
immediately prior to the Roman invasion. The name Durobrivae (which only occurs
in the Antonine Itinerary, but the identification is certain) means "fortress
by the bridges", which may suggest the existence of a Belgic oppidum. During the
1st and 2d c. a straggling development occurred along the line of Wating Street,
but in the last quarter of the 2d c. the first defenses, a clay-faced earth rampart
and a ditch, were constructed. A massive stone wall replaced the rampart early
in the 3d c., enclosing an area of 9.2 ha. In A.D. 604 Rochester was still of
sufficient importance for St. Augustine to make it the seat of the second cathedral
under Justus.
The only Roman remains now visible are parts of the city wall, which
survives to the height of 5.1 m at the SE corner, with fragments elsewhere incorporated
in the mediaeval defenses. Little is known of the internal plan of the Roman city,
though the High Street and Northgate Street mark its principal axes and the existence
of four gates is attested by references in Anglo-Saxon charters.
A.C. Harrison, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Feb 2006 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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