It was the Romans who first built a city where London stands today, bridged the river Thames and constructed a road network to connect Londinium with the rest of the country.
From around AD 50 to AD 410 - a period as long as that which separates Queen Elizabeth I from our present Queen - this was the largest city in Britannia. Londinium was pre-eminent as a port, and goods were imported from all over the known world.
Find out about how people lived, worked and were entertained in this great imperial city.