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The Temple of Claudius When the Emperor Claudius died in AD 54, the Senate at Rome declared him a god, and an impressive temple was built at Colchester for his worship. At the top of a grand flight of steps, the temple was fronted by a row of eight columns. It stood in a rectangular precinct that dominated the town. Worship continued there until the 4th century AD.Construction of the Norman castle on the same site preserved the stone platform on which the temple was built. Vaults inside the temple platform can be explored to this day. |