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
Dog Latin Periwig", etc. Another verse in similar vein, from Ronald Searle's "Down with Skool", is: which, when read aloud using traditional English pronunciation of Latin, sounds like the following: but which means in Latin The following spoof of legal Latin, in the fictional case of "Daniel v Dishclout" (from George Alexander Stevens' "Lecture on Heads", 1765), describes a kitchen: In English, this is: From time to time the satirical magazine "Private Eye" will publish a mock degree citation in dog Latin in order to lampoon a public figure. Dog Latin Dog Latin, also known as Cod Latin, macaronic Latin, mock Latin,