Word: londinium
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Roman Relics. In a way, the war was a help to archeology. Bombs, shells and fires wrecked many European cities, sweeping modern structures from the ancient remains beneath. British diggers, of course, pounced on blitzed east London, site of Roman Londinium. So far, they have found little, but they are excavating furiously-before the stone jungle of the rebuilt city swallows their opportunity...