Kent, § 1: Etymology of the Name - § 2: History and Archaeology; The present country of Kent together with much of the south-east area of Greater London derives from the Anglo-Saxon shire and former kingdom of Kent. This kingdom in turn seems to be created from the Roman civitas territory of the Cantii or Cantiaci centred on the walled town of Durovernum Cantiacorum at Canterbury. Although we have no certain knowledge of the boundaries of the civitas, we can use the pattern of Roman roads focussed on Canterbury in the Stour valley and on another Roman town at Rochester (Durobrivae) in the Medway valley, together with the information from Roman itineraries and the distribution of Roman temples, often associated with boundaries:
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Hauptverfasser: Insley, John (VerfasserIn), Welch, Martin G. -2011 (VerfasserIn)
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