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
Name of Switzerland Latin name is ultimately derived from the name of the "Helvetii", the Gaulish tribe living on the Swiss plateau in the Roman era. Name of Switzerland The English name of "Switzerland" is a compound containing "Switzer", an obsolete term for the Swiss, which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries. The English adjective "Swiss" is a loan from French "", also in use since the 16th century. The name "Switzer" is from the Alemannic "", in origin an inhabitant of "Schwyz" and its associated territory, one of the Waldstätten cantons which formed the nucleus of the Old Swiss