Manduessedum was a Roman

Roman Britain

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 fort

Castra

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 and later a civilian small town

Town

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 in the Roman Province

Roman province

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 of Britannia

Britannia

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. Today it is known as Mancetter

Mancetter

Mancetter is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Atherstone in North Warwickshire, at the crossing of Watling Street over the River Anker.-History:...

, located in the English

England

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 county of Warwickshire

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.

The fort was founded in around c AD 50

50

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-AD 60

60

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 on the Watling Street

Watling Street

Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Britons mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. The Romans later paved the route, part of which is identified on the Antonine Itinerary as Iter III: "Item a Londinio ad...

 Roman road. The final battle between the rebel queen of the Britons Boudica

Boudica

Boudica , also known as Boadicea and known in Welsh as "Buddug" was queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....

 at the Battle of Watling Street

Battle of Watling Street

The Battle of Watling Street took place in Roman-occupied Britain in AD 60 or 61 between an alliance of indigenous British peoples led by Boudica and a Roman army led by Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. Although outnumbered, the Romans decisively defeated the allied tribes, inflicting heavy losses on them...

 may have taken place near Manduessedum. The British forces were defeated by the Roman general Suetonius Paullinus.

Manduessedum developed into a civilian settlement and was the centre of a pottery

Pottery

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 making industry. Up to 30 kiln

Kiln

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s dating from the Roman period have been found in the area.