Until the Roman invasion of London in AD 43, there were no significant permanent settlements on the site. Once the Romans came and built a bridge over the Thames River, the city began to prosper and grow. After the Romans, the Saxons inhabited London and from then on, for the most part, the city continuously flourished. However, many things happened in between to help get London off the ground. The Romans troops, led by Aulus Plautius, …showed first 75 words of 1486 total…

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