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“Old Father Thames”—England’s Unique HeritageAwake!—2006 | February
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It was left to Roman Emperor Claudius to subdue the country 90 years later.
At that time marshlands extended along both sides of the Thames, but where the tide turns some 30 miles [50 km] from its estuary, the Roman army later constructed a wooden bridge. There, on the river’s north bank, they created a port they called Londinium.a
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“Old Father Thames”—England’s Unique HeritageAwake!—2006 | February
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a Although the name London is from the Latin Londinium, both may be derived from the Celtic words llyn and din, which together mean “town [or, stronghold] on the lake.”
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