VERULAMIUM, a Romano-British town situated in the territory of the Catuvellauni, close to the modern St. Albans (Hertfordshire). Before the Roman conquest it was the capital of Tasciovanus, Prince of the Catuvellauni, who issued coins inscribed with the name of the place, and of his son, Cunobelin; afterwards it received the dignity of a municipium (implying municipal status and Roman citizenship). Tacitus tells us that the town was burnt by Boadicea (q.v.), in A.D. 6o or 6i, but it again rose to prosperity. The visit of Germanus to the tomb of S. Alban shows that it was still inhabited in 429. Its site is still
easily recognizable. Its walls of flint rubble survive in stately fragments, and enclose an area of 200 acres. Of the internal buildings little is known. A theatre was excavated in 1847, and parts of the forum were opened by Mr. William Page in 1898; both indicate a civilized and cultivated town. The complete un covering of the site was planned in 1910 but abandoned. (Royal Comm. on Hist. Monuments, Inventory of Herts. [I9I0], pp. 3, 190; Victoria County Hist. Herts. IV.