Settlement has existed on the site of London since well before Roman times,
with evidence of Bronze Age and Celtic settlement. The Roman city of Londinium, established just after the
Roman conquest of Britannia in the year 43, formed the basis for the modern
city (some isolated Roman period remains are still to be seen within the City).
After the end of Roman rule in 410 and a short-lived decline, London
experienced a gradual revival under the Anglo-Saxons, as well as the Norsemen,
and emerged as a great medieval trading city, and eventually replaced
Winchester as the
