The arcade would have comprised a series of 28 arches built across the front of the temple precinct, with a grand gateway in the middle, named after the Emperor Claudius.

It was built in front of a massive temple dedicated to the Emperor Claudius in about AD50. Philip Crummy, director of Colchester Archaeological Trust, said it was a "major archaeological monument".

Experts have come across the ruins of a 120-metre-long arcade, which provided a frontage to the Temple of Claudius, in Colchester.

The castle was built in the 1070s upon the historic foundations of the Temple of Claudius, which was decimated during Boudica's uprising against the Romans.

Colchester Castle was built by the Normans in the 1070s, and is the largest keep ever built by the French invaders. It is located on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius. Its ...

The arcade would have been a series of 28 arches built across the front of the temple precinct, with a grand gateway in the middle, named after the Emperor Claudius.

He conquered the Britons, and a magnificent temple was built for him at a minor Roman outpost. A fool in Rome, Claudius was a god in Colchester.

Replacing an already thriving Iron Age community, the city boasts Britain's oldest and longest Roman wall, its first Roman church, two theatres, a temple of Claudius – on which Colchester Castle ...

While there certainly is a lot more to Colchester's history, it is clear that Colchester is one of the most historically significant places Essex has to offer. Exploring its ancient buildings and ...

Colchester's medieval landscape is dominated by the impressive Colchester Castle, an 11th-century Norman keep constructed atop the ancient Roman Temple's vaults, making it one of England's oldest ...