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Port Authority of Londinium

The place that links various ports throughout the Roman world.

"Port Authority of Rome"

"Port Authority of Antioch"

"Port Authority of Alexandria"

"Port Authority of Leptis Magna"

"Port Authority of Syracusa"

"Port Authority of Messana "

"Port Authority for Lilybaeum"

"Commerce Authority for Tusculum"

In the first century AD, the invading Romans established a settlement called Londinium on the River Thames. They started building at the point furthest down river where they could construct a bridge. Londinium became an important Roman trading centre. Two-thirds of the country's trade went through the port.

Although there is some evidence of scattered pre-Roman settlement in the area, the first major settlement was founded by the Romans in AD 43, following the Roman invasion of Britain. This settlement was called Londinium, commonly believed to be the origin of the present-day name, although a Celtic origin is also possible.

The first London lasted for just seventeen years. Around AD 61, the Iceni tribe of Celts led by Queen Boudica stormed London, burning it to the ground. The next, heavily-planned incarnation of the city prospered and superseded Colchester as the capital of the Roman province of Britannia in AD 100. At its height in the 2nd century AD, Roman London had a population of around 60,000. However, by the 3rd century AD, the city started a slow decline due to trouble in the Roman Empire, and by the 5th century AD, it was abandoned.

The Articles of Port Authority of Londinium:

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