维鲁拉米恩

Verulamium
Verulamium
	城墙遗址
位置	赫特福德郡
坐标	51.7500°N 0.3539°W
OS格网参考	TL136070
	Verulamium在Hertfordshire的位置 Verulamium在Hertfordshire的位置

维鲁拉米恩（Verulamium）是位于英国赫特福德郡圣奥尔本斯的一个古罗马城镇，现仅存遗址，是英国国家指定紀念物。古代的沃特靈大道穿过这里。[1]

维鲁拉米恩的古罗马剧场

历史

在罗马人抵达之前，卡图维劳尼人已经占据了这片地方，他们称这里为“Verlamion”[2]。它在公元50年左右成为罗马人的自治市镇（municipium），人民获得了有限的公民权。到3世纪时，其面积达到125英畝（0.51平方），有壕沟与城墙保护。不列颠的第一位殉道圣人圣奥尔本在此殉道[3]。罗马人在5世纪前半叶放弃了这里。现在还留存着一些城墙、剧院。圣奥尔本斯有维鲁拉米恩博物馆（Verulamium Museum）保存着莫蒂默·惠勒在1930年代从遗址里挖掘出来的古物。

参考文献

Historic England. . 英格蘭國家遺產列表. [13 November 2013]. and related schedules.
Isaac, Graham R. "Place-Names in Ptolemy's Geography: An Electronic Data Base with Etymological Analysis of the Celtic Name-elements". Aberystwyth : CMCS Publications, 2004. Computer file : CD-ROM.
This story is recorded by Bede and also by the monks of the abbey of the town, notably Brother Matthew Paris in his Anglo-Norman Vie de Seint Auban.

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[1] Historic England. . 英格蘭國家遺產列表. [13 November 2013]. and related schedules.

[Isaac-2] Isaac, Graham R. "Place-Names in Ptolemy's Geography: An Electronic Data Base with Etymological Analysis of the Celtic Name-elements". Aberystwyth : CMCS Publications, 2004. Computer file : CD-ROM.

[3] This story is recorded by Bede and also by the monks of the abbey of the town, notably Brother Matthew Paris in his Anglo-Norman Vie de Seint Auban.