Earliest inhabitants were Celtic tribes
until they were conquered by the Romans in AD 43 who named
the City Londinium.
Queen Boudicca, the Queen of the Celtic Iceni, after being
subjected to grave humiliations by the Romans, led a revolt
which resulted in the destruction of the three major towns
of Londinium (London), Verulamium (St. Albans), and Camulodunum
(Colchester) in AD61 . Thousands were killed.
Roman Procurator, Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus rebuilt
the city after Boudicca's rebellion and it became a major
trading centre, grew rapidly until the Romans left around
410, when it was attacked by the Danes.
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For the next 400 years it was the turn the Anglo Saxons until
AD 871 when the invading Vikings occupied the city. And so
it went on until William the Conqueror succeeded in 1066.
Key events thereafter:
Black Death of 1347-48.
Fire of London in 1666.
The Georgian era brought grand buildings
The Victorian era sanitation!
The German bombing World War II destroyed much of the city
Rebuilt today, it is one of the Premier Commercial Cities
of the World
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