Camulodunum was built into the corner of a junction between two Roman streets. The study concluded that Roman building ruins and old street remains were in some cases used as a template for later property divisions. The name of the town and the River Colne are also a legacy of the Romans. "Colchester" (first appearing in written form in the 10th Century as "Colencaester" and "Colneceastre") is a Saxon name derived from the Latin words "Colonia" and "Castra", with the River Colne also taking its name from "Colonia". Camulodunum Camulodunum (; ), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester
Traditional English pronunciation of Latin the purpose of determining vowel length; that is, the syllable preceding the ending is considered the penult. This last pronunciation of "-os" is the expected one; however, in the masculine accusative plural, where the ending is historically -ōs, the academic prescription was the pronunciation . Such an ending is not found in English loan words or proper names. Latin as traditionally pronounced by English speakers is part of the living history of spoken Latin through medieval French into English. Three stages of development of A-L can thus be distinguished: Latin from the period when its orthography and grammar became standardized