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== History ==

== History ==

Following the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] invasion of Britain in 43 AD, present-day Lancaster seems to have had a Roman fort constructed on the site at which the castle now stands by the late 1st century. Coin evidence suggest the fort may have already existed as early as 60 AD, but most histories give the date for the establishment of the fort as c. 80 AD. The original [[Latin]] name of the fort is not known with any certainty although since the late 1990s, due to a theory popularised by David Shotter, it has been suggested that ''Galacum'' (previously thought to have been the fort at Over Burrow, 17 miles to the north-west) was in fact Roman Lancaster.

Following the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] invasion of Britain in 43 AD, present-day Lancaster seems to have had a Roman fort constructed on the site at which the castle now stands by the late 1st century. Coin evidence suggest the fort may have already existed as early as 60 AD, but most histories give the date for the establishment of the fort as c. 80 AD. The original [[Latin]] name of the fort is not known with any certainty although since the late 1990s, due to a theory popularised by David Shotter, it has been suggested that ''Galacum'' (previously thought to have been the fort at Over Burrow, 17 miles to the north-west) was in fact Roman Lancaster. The original fort was built from wood, and had been rebuilt in stone by 102 AD.

==See also==

==See also==