LACTODORUM
(Towcester) Northamptonshire, England.
Identified from its position in the
Antonine Itinerary (470.6, 476.11). The name (corrupted to
Iacodulma in the
Rav. Cosm. 5.31) means town of dairymen. Many chance finds are known from this town on
Watling Street and in 1954 limited excavation revealed
some details of the defenses. The wall, of the late 2d c.,
lay over some 1st and early 2d c. buildings. In the 4th c.
it fell into the ditch and was not repaired, though new
buildings continued to be erected.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
VCH Northamptonshire I (1902) 184;
“Roman Britain,”
JRS 45 (1955) 135; 59 (1969) 219;
Itinerary: A.L.F. Rivet,
Britannia 1 (1970) 42, 49; meaning of name: K. H. Jackson, ibid. 75.
A.L.F. RIVET