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Fishbourne Roman Palace

Near Chichester, West Sussex

The largest Roman home in Britain, perhaps built for a British king.

Fishbourne was a huge palace with around 100 rooms, built in the AD 70s, bigger than Buckingham Palace. It may have belonged to Togidubnus, a British king who sided with Rome.

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When
From AD 75
Where
50.8390, -0.8100
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

Open to visitors, with a museum and replanted Roman garden.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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