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FishbournePast WHO built it: The British king, Cogidubnus, made it. He may have enlarged it and called in the decorators because of a visit by the later Emperor Vespasian. He was well liked by the emperor.  WHEN it was built: The first century AD. WHERE: England WHY: As a palace for the king. HOW: He built it and enlarged it with the help of the Romans. Present WHO: discovered it: A workman cutting a water-main trench WHAT: a buried palace WHEN: 1960 WHERE: north of the village of Fishbourne WHY: An accident HOW: He found a mass of rubble An essay on Fishbourne with lots of pictures. |
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