Camulodunum pavements. It may have reached a population of 30,000 at its height. It was not until the late 18th century that historians realised that Colchester's physical Brythonic (British Celtic) and Roman remains were the city mentioned in ancient literature as "Camulodunum". The earliest Iron Age defensive site at Colchester is the Pitchbury Ramparts earthwork north of the town between West Bergholt and Great Horkesley. The main earthwork defences of the Brythonic Celtic oppidum of "Camulodunon" were built later, beginning in the 1st century BC but most date from the 1st century AD. They are considered the most extensive of their
Traditional English pronunciation of Latin position, and while the long-short distinction described above is maintained, the "r" has its own effect on the vowel, as in Elara (a long but closed syllable ending in "r"). Anglo-Latin (hereafter A-L) includes all of the letters of the English alphabet except "w", viz.: "a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v x y z". It differs from Classical Latin in distinguishing "i" from "j" and "u" from "v". In addition to these letters the digraphs "æ" and "œ" may also be used (as in