Noun
oppidum (plural oppida)
A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture. [from 19th c.]
An Oppidum was a fortified warehouse, where a tribe's treasures were stored and guarded. Source: Internet
Pliny the Elder mentions its name (Selinus oppidum iii. 8. s. 14 ), as if it still existed as a town in his time, but Strabo distinctly classes it with extinct cities. Source: Internet
Roman Canton Museum model of how Fishbourne Roman Palace may have appeared At the time of the Roman conquest in AD43, there was an oppidum in the southern part of their territory, probably in the Selsey region. Source: Internet
The first urban settlement, on the grounds of what is today the centre of Cologne, along the Rhine, was Oppidum Ubiorum, which was founded in 38 BC by the Ubii. Source: Internet
This oppidum (a Latin term meaning an important town) on the banks of the River Exe certainly existed prior to the foundation of the Roman city in about AD 50. Isca is derived from the Brythonic word for flowing water, which was given to the River Exe. Source: Internet
On the south bank of the Waal (in what is now Nijmegen) a Roman administrative center was built, called Oppidum Batavorum. Source: Internet