id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2057 Londinium - Wikipedia .html text/html 11155 1282 70 It was originally a settlement established on the current site of the City of London around AD 47–50.[2][3] It sat at a key crossing point over the River Thames which turned the city into a road nexus and major port, serving as a major commercial centre in Roman Britain until its abandonment during the 5th century. This suggests an alternative Brittonic form Londonion;[13] alternatively, the local pronunciation in British Latin may have changed the pronunciation of Londinium to Lundeiniu or Lundein, which would also have avoided i-mutation in Old English.[14] The list of the 28 Cities of Britain included in the 9th-century History of the Britons precisely notes London[15] in Old Welsh as Cair Lundem[16] or Lundein.[15][18] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2057.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2057.txt