Durovernum Cantiacorum Durovernum Cantiacorum Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent. It occupied a strategic location on Watling Street at the best local crossing of the Stour, which prompted a convergence of roads connected to the ports of Dubris (Dover), Rutupiae (Richborough), Regulbium (Reculver) and Portus Lemanis (Lympne). Considerable archaeological evidence of Roman activity has been found in Canterbury, much of which can now be found in the Roman Museum built on the remains of a Roman townhouse. The name "Durovernum Cantiacorum" is Latin for "Durovernum of the Cantiaci", preserving
Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada Abicada (Villa Romana de Abicada or Estação romana da Quinta da Abicada) is the name of Roman ruins north of the municipality of Alvor, in Roman times the colony of Ipses, which was authorized to mint currency, and near Mexilhoeira Grande in the district of Portimão, Algarve, Portugal and where Pompeia Exoce looked after the burial of her grandson. Both were in the Roman province of Lusitania. Portimão, known as Portus Magnus, was an important Roman commercial port when the Villa was built. The complex is located on a south-facing promontory spur located between