Noviomagus, also known as Noviomagus Cantiacorum (

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for "Noviomagus of the

Cantiaci The Cantiaci or Cantii were an Iron Age Celtic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a ''civitas'' of Roman Britain. They lived in the area now called Kent, in south-eastern England. Their capital was '' Dur ...

") to distinguish it from other places with that name, was a

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settlement in southeastern

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. It was just southeast of the

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ford near

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on the

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and the Thames bridge at Londinium along the Roman route. Antonine Itinerary. British Routes. Routes 2, 3, and 4.

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