Camulodunum Camulodunum Camulodunum (; ), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important town in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province. It is claimed to be the oldest town in Britain. Originally the site of the Brythonic-Celtic oppidum of Camulodunon (meaning "stronghold of Camulos"), capital of the Trinovantes and later the Catuvellauni tribes, it was first mentioned by name on coinage minted by the chieftain Tasciovanus sometime between 20 and 10 BC. The Roman town began life as a Roman Legionary base constructed in the AD 40s on the site of the
A Latin Dictionary the "Oxford Latin Dictionary", which was completed in 1983. The dictionary's full text is available on-line from the Perseus Project. Lewis and Short is also available for offline consultation, by means of various applications. Among classicists, Lewis and Short has been largely superseded by the "Oxford Latin Dictionary", called the OLD for short. Lewis and Short incorporated material from existing Latin dictionaries; the "OLD", by contrast, started from scratch, following procedures similar to those of the well-regarded "Oxford English Dictionary". Thanks to the increased availability of modern editions, the "OLD" editors had access to a larger variety of classical works.