Mamucium was the Roman name for which English city?
Mamucium Mamucium Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, is a former Roman fort in the Castlefield area of Manchester in North West England. The castra, which was founded c. AD 79 within the Roman province of Britannia, was garrisoned by a cohort of Roman Auxiliaries near two major Roman roads running through the area. Several sizeable civilian settlements (or "vicus") containing soldiers' families, merchants and industry developed outside the fort. The area is a protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. The ruins were left undisturbed until Manchester expanded rapidly during the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century. Most of the fort was levelled
Mamucium ramparts, measuring between and thick. The "vicus" associated with Mamucium surrounded the site on the west, north, and east sides, with the majority lying to the north. The "vicus" covered about and the fort about . Buildings within the "vicus" would have generally been one storey, timber framed, and of wattle and daub construction. There may have been a cemetery to the south east of the fort. Templeborough Roman Fort in Yorkshire was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century and covered an area of , similar to Mamucium which covered . Mamucium Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, is a