Great Britain's capital city was first named Londinium by the Romans. Later Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Normans all claimed London as the heart of their empires.
Built on the Thames flood plain, surrounded by marshlands, almost burned to the ground by the great fire, and bombed nightly by the Germans during Word War Two, London stands today as one of the worlds greatest cities and home to, perhaps, the worlds greatest empire.
Built on the Thames flood plain, surrounded by marshlands, almost burned to the ground by the great fire, and bombed nightly by the Germans during Word War Two, London stands today as one of the worlds greatest cities and home to, perhaps, the worlds greatest empire.
